age like milk

verb

To age very badly; to look bad in hindsight, or after time has passed.

“While rewatching this movie after twenty years, I realized that it had aged like milk.”

Similar
age like vinegar
Opposite
age like a fine wine
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbage like milk (third-person singular simple present ages like milk, present participle aging like milk or ageing like milk, simple past and past participle aged like milk)

present singular third person ages like milk · participle present aging like milk · participle present ageing like milk · participle past aged like milk · past aged like milk

  1. simileTo age very badly; to look bad in hindsight, or after time has passed.

    While rewatching this movie after twenty years, I realized that it had aged like milk.

    Synonyms: age like vinegar · Antonyms: age like a fine wine

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo age very badly; to look bad in hindsight, or after time has passed.

Similar
age like vinegar
Opposite
age like a fine wine
Also see
age like vinegar

Origin

Referring to milk’s tendency to go bad quickly.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish jäädä ajan jalkoihin (pahasti)
  • jäädä ajan jalkoihin (pahasti)Translations
French mal vieillir
  • mal vieillirTranslations
German schlecht altern
  • schlecht alternTranslations
Polish starzeć się źle, zestarzeć się źle
  • starzeć się źleTranslations
  • zestarzeć się źleTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

age like milk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/age%20like%20milk

MLA

“age like milk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/age%20like%20milk. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “age like milk,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/age%20like%20milk.

Source: age like milk on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.