"seven-year itch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: seven-year itches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} seven-year itch (plural seven-year itches)
  1. (colloquial) Scabies. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-seven-year_itch-en-noun-CKyfegi4
  2. (colloquial) The temptation to have an affair after seven years of being married. Tags: colloquial Translations (temptation): 七年之癢 (Chinese Mandarin), 七年之痒 (qīniánzhīyǎng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-seven-year_itch-en-noun-VvUwZsOa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of 'temptation': 0 100

Inflected forms

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