go off the boil

Verb

Australia UK idiomatic

(UK, Australia) Cease to boil when heat is no longer applied. / (idiomatic, UK, Australia) To lose interest; to pall. / (idiomatic, UK, Australia) To become of diminished intensity or urgency.

Japanese Meaning

熱が加えられなくなると沸騰が止む（直訳的表現） / 興味や関心が失われる、盛り上がりや活気がなくなる / 強度や緊急性が低下する

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If you lower the flame now, the water will go off the boil in a minute.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

火を弱めると、水は1分以内に沸騰が収まります。

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Sense（1）

(UK, Australia) Cease to boil when heat is no longer applied.

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Sense（2）

(idiomatic, UK, Australia) To lose interest; to pall.

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."

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Sense（3）

(idiomatic, UK, Australia) To become of diminished intensity or urgency.

Sense（4）

(idiomatic, UK, Australia) To become less successful.

goes off the boil

（ present singular third-person ）

going off the boil

（ participle present ）

went off the boil

（ past ）

gone off the boil

（ participle past ）

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