the seven year itch

the seven-year itch

The supposed inclination of a person, typically a man, to begin longing for sexual relations with other people after seven years of marriage. Everyone warned me about the seven-year itch, but I've been completely content with my wife every second that we've been together. A: "I heard Jack has been having an affair with a bartender from across town." B: "Hmm, sounds like the seven-year itch to me."
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

seven-year itch

a real or imagined longing for other women in a man's seventh year of marriage. Looks like Jack has the seven-year itch. The seven-year itch is just a rumor.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

the seven year ˈitch

(informal) the wish for a new sexual partner because you are bored with your husband or wife: He’s started looking at all the women in the office. It must be the seven year itch.
See also: itch, seven, year
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

seven-year itch

n. a real or imagined longing for other women in a man’s seventh year of marriage. Looks like Jack has the seven-year itch.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

seven-year itch

A yearning for change, specifically a change of sexual partner after seven years of marriage. This expression gained currency through George Axelrod’s play The Seven-Year Itch (1952), later made into a movie starring Marilyn Monroe (1955). Originally the phrase was used for various skin conditions. One such use was for poison ivy, in the belief that the rash would recur every year for seven years. Also, centuries ago itch was a slang word for “sexual desire.” Today, the expression invariably refers to the wish for a new sexual partner and, for some reason, tends to be applied only to men. Thus Patricia Moyes wrote, “There’s something called the seven-year itch . . . middle-aged men quite suddenly cutting loose” (Angel of Death, 1980).
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • seven-year itch
  • the seven-year itch
  • any (one) worth (one's) salt
  • young man
  • keel over
  • round heels
  • walk it off
  • walk off
  • have half a mind to do something
References in periodicals archive
The results, available exclusively on Blu-ray, have been packaged as Forever Marilyn, a seven-disc boxed set that includes the five remastered Fox titles -- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks, 1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (Jean Negulesco, 1953), River of No Return (Otto Preminger, 1954), There's No Business Like Show Business (Walter Lang, 1954) and The Seven Year Itch (Billy Wilder, 1955) -- as well as two previously released United Artists titles, Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959) and The Misfits (John Huston, 1961).
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Billy Wilder, filmmaker
Ask him if he feels that he has the Seven Year Itch and, if he admits that he has, then inform him that you are the only girl who can help him scratch it!
He's hooked on lap-dancing; Dear Linda. .
2 at the Queen's Theater in "The Seven Year Itch," opening a week later for a limited run through Dec.
Scratching the `Itch'