going to seed
Past its prime
Going to seed describes plants that have passed their prime and begun producing seeds rather than flowers or foliage.
The phrase extends to people or things that have deteriorated through neglect: The old estate had gone to seed, He's really gone to seed since retiring.
The implication is decline from a former, better state.
- spentExhausted or disbursed
- past its primeBeyond peak condition
- dryFree from moisture
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- brownDark earth tone
left to rot · deterioration · falling apart · degeneration · beyond repair · limp · obsolescence · flowering · wither · shrivel · letting nature take its course · senescence · run-down · unkempt · neglected · fading · stagnation · harvesting
- farming cyclesplanting, harvest season, sowing, growing season, spring planting
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
going to seedthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · blooming · blossoming · prospering · burgeoning
going to seedwell-maintained
Properly looked after
well-kept · spruced up · shipshape · manicured · pristine
going to seedthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · blooming · prospering · well-maintained · going strong
goes, gone, going, goer, seed, seeds, seeded, seeding, seeder