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bloom is off the rose

idiom

The person, object, or situation identified in the context has lost its novelty, freshness, appeal, or acceptability.

Anchors to
Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    rose garden

    A highly desirable situation.

  2. 02

    smell like a rose

    To be regarded as appealing, virtuous, or respectable; to be untainted or unharmed.

  3. 03

    stem the rose

    To have anal sex; to insert one's penis (stem) into another's anus (rose).

  4. 04

    under the rose

    In secret; secretly, privately.

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