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the seven year itch

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the seven year itch

  (humorous)

if someone who is married gets the seven year itch, they become bored with their relationship after about seven years and often want to start a sexual relationship with another person He keeps talking about all the women he knew before we were married - I think he's got the seven-year itch.

See also: itch, seven, year