bloom is off the rose
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
The person, object, or situation identified in the context has lost its novelty, freshness, appeal, or acceptability.
Example Sentences
- "The matter was clear as daylight, and would be disposed of in half an hour or so; but during that half-hour he, Soames, would go down to hell; and after that half-hour all bearers of the Forsyte name would feel the bloom was off the rose."
- ""Thatcher's style, her arrogance, her kind of assertiveness, have suddenly gone out of fashion," said Ralph Miliband. . . . Outside of Britain, too, the bloom is off the rose. Mrs. Thatcher had a warm relationship with President Ronald Reagan, but her standing with President Bush is less certain."
- "The bloom is off the rose concerning the imperial CEO. Finally shareholders are becoming incensed by these reprehensible bonuses and severance packages."
- ""I would say that the bloom is off the rose a little bit, yes," said the senior vice president of video retailing for Lorimar Telepictures, Peter Temple, speaking of the home-shopping phenomenon."
- ""I think that for general advertising, the bloom is off the rose. That is a declining revenue model.""
Inflected Forms
the bloom is off the rose (canonical)
blush is off the rose (alternative)