OT, but when I search for "the bud is off the blossom" the only references I get...

mgkimsal on Oct 25, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: My dad's resume and skills from 1980

OT, but when I search for "the bud is off the blossom" the only references I get from google are 2 links to hacker news comments... There's 0 in bing for that phrase. Never heard it before ever.

nsxwolf on Oct 25, 2022 [–]

The idiom is "bloom is off the rose", maybe that's what GP recalled.