Meaning of go off the boil | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To cease to boil when heat is no longer applied.
   Australia, UK
2. To lose interest; to pall.
   Australia, UK, idiomatic
3. To diminish in intensity or urgency.
   Australia, UK, idiomatic
4. To become less successful.
   Australia, UK, idiomatic

Examples

“All puddings must be boiled in plenty of water, turned frequently, kept closely covered, and never allowed to go off the boil.”

“That is the reason for the coin. You will be able to hear it dancing about, and it will tell you if the water goes off the boil or is getting dangerously low.”

“As one of the rearguard put it, "We laid up until the Hun had gone off the boil a bit and slipped out the following night."”

“But John, not surprisingly, has gone off the boil, and feels nothing for Annette so strongly as an intense weariness and desire to be rid of her.”

“Wednesday to Shadow, "I don't sleep. It's overrated. A bad habit I do my best to avoid - in company, wherever possible, and the young lady may go off the boil if I don't get back to her."”

“By then we'd gone off the boil sexually and he was even less keen than I was about 'marriedness', so it was more like friends deciding to share a flat than the setting-up of a ménage.”

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