"age like a fine wine" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: ages like a fine wine [present, singular, third-person], aging like a fine wine [participle, present], ageing like a fine wine [participle, present], aged like a fine wine [participle, past], aged like a fine wine [past]
Etymology: Due to the perception that wine improves with age. Head templates: {{en-verb|age<,aging:ageing,> like a fine wine}} age like a fine wine (third-person singular simple present ages like a fine wine, present participle aging like a fine wine or ageing like a fine wine, simple past and past participle aged like a fine wine)
  1. (simile) To age well; to look or become better as they become older. Synonyms: age like fine wine, age like wine Related terms: age like milk Translations (age well): kypsyä kuin viini (Finnish), gut altern (english: non-idiomatic) (German), starzeć się dobrze [imperfective] (Polish)

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