age like a fine wine
Better with time
To age like a fine wine is to improve with time, especially applied to people who become more attractive, skilled, or distinguished as they get older: She's really aged like a fine wine—more confident and striking at fifty than she ever was at thirty.
The phrase draws on how quality wines develop complexity and depth over years of proper storage, unlike cheap wines that simply spoil.
- matureFully grown or developed
- gets betterIncreases in quality
- classicOf lasting excellence
- exemplaryServing as ideal model
- mellowSoft, ripe, relaxed
golden years · ripen · enhance · improve · develop · terroir · blossom · seasoned · vintner · tannins · oak barrel · vintage charm · bouquet · evolve · thrive · flourish · finesse · experience
age like a fine wineage like milk
Deteriorate over time
go downhill · deteriorate · decay · go to seed · decline
age like a fine winelet oneself go
Cease self-restraint
go to pot · wither on the vine · fall to pieces · show one's age
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