fountain of youth

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Noun

fountain of youth (plural fountains of youth)

(idiomatic) Anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.
Just watching the advertisement, you'd think the face cream was a fountain of youth.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
  Who has not known some even-tempered old man or woman who seemed to have drunk of the fountain of youth?

Translations

anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality

Greek: πηγή της νιότης f (pigí tis niótis)
Italian: fonte della giovinezza f
Norwegian: ungdomskilde m
Polish: fontanna młodości f

Russian: исто́чник мо́лодости m (istóčnik mólodosti)
Spanish: fuente de la juventud f
Turkish: gençlik çeşmesi (literal, calque), bengi su (tr), abıhayat (tr), dirim suyu

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