Talk:go off the boil
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Rfv-sense: To lose interest (usage examples are about people). I added two senses that resemble those in other dictionaries, which don't have this sense. Labeled elsewhere as UK/Oz. DCDuring TALK 18:20, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
- Two cites added (1987 & 2009). And the initial, literal, def. Pingku 19:23, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
- And the third, 1955. Pingku 20:09, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
- They look pretty good. I wonder if we can reword to have fewer than four senses that span the meanings. DCDuring TALK 20:17, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
- Is rfved sense always about sex? DCDuring TALK 20:19, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
- The Brits perhaps are preoccupied with sex and the war. The US quote is about pudding... Pingku 20:46, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
- A Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors (Peter Richard Wilkinson, 1993, Routledge) says of "go off the boil": Lose the sexual urge; lose the contractions and labour pains, of a woman in childbirth. Pingku 14:24, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
RFV passed; thanks for the cites, Pingku! —RuakhTALK 22:39, 16 December 2009 (UTC)