"go sour" meaning in English

See go sour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: goes sour [present, singular, third-person], going sour [participle, present], went sour [past], gone sour [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> sour}} go sour (third-person singular simple present goes sour, present participle going sour, simple past went sour, past participle gone sour)
  1. (food) To spoil, rot, become sour. Synonyms: go bad
    Sense id: en-go_sour-en-verb-y5Tc12RG Topics: food, lifestyle
  2. (figuratively) To become unpleasing, unpleasant, unsatisfying, unfulfilling to one's wishes. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: turn sour Translations ((figuratively) to become unpleasant): mennä pieleen (Finnish), tourner au vinaigre (French), mal tourner (French), virar vinagre (Occitan)
    Sense id: en-go_sour-en-verb-ppv0oN4p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Occitan translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of '(figuratively) to become unpleasant': 32 68
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      "word": "mennä pieleen"
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      "sense": "(figuratively) to become unpleasant",
      "word": "tourner au vinaigre"
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      "word": "virar vinagre"
    }
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