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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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the bloom is off the peach

0 Hi, I would appreciate your help in explaining what that phrase in the title means.02br
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00 Clearly, however, we have reached a stage when man is not quite so solitary as he once was: the bloom is off the peach.02br
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1i00The bloom is off the peach02i00 = no longer fresh and new; no longer seen through rose-coloured glasses.0-
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0Hi,02br
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00I suggest that a much more common form of this saying is 'the bloom is off the 01i00rose02i00'. eg from google02br
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01font00So, yes, 01b00the bloom is off the rose02b00. Macs are just computers after all.02font02br
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0It seems to me that when people talk about the "bloom" of a peach, they often mean the delicate tint of the fruit, or perhaps even the texture of the skin; whereas with a rose, "bloom" tends to mean an individual flower. 02br
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00Then too, with a plum, the "bloom" usually refers to the fine powdery film that covers the fruit.02br
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