"go sour" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 变酸
• 变质（引申为变糟）

Definition

变坏、失败或变得令人不快。用于形容食物变酸变质，也可指情形或关系变糟。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

既可用于食物变坏，也用于比喻（例如关系、计划失败）。常见于口语，不宜用于正式场合。仅用于原本预期应该好的事物变糟。

Examples

The milk will go sour if you leave it out of the fridge.

牛奶放在冰箱外会**变酸**。

My friendship with Emma started to go sour after the argument.

和艾玛的友谊在争吵后开始**变糟**。

If you don’t watch the sauce, it will go sour.

你不看着酱汁的话，会**变酸**的。

Their relationship really started to go sour after he lost his job.

他失业后，他们的关系真的开始**变糟**了。

Things started to go sour between us after that holiday.

那次假期之后，我们之间的关系开始**变糟**。

I had high hopes for the project, but it all went sour in the end.

我对这个项目抱有很大希望，但最后一切都**变糟**了。