单词 | leave a bad taste in one's mouth |
释义 | leave a bad taste in one's mouthMake a lingering bad impression on one, as in The argument left a bad taste in my mouth, so after that I avoided talking politics. This expression transfers the bad taste left by consuming bitter or otherwise unpleasant food to a distasteful experience. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby leave a bad taste in one's mouthleatherwear, leatherwood, leatherwork, leathery, leave, leave a bad taste in one's mouth, leave alone, leave a lot to be desired, leave behind, leaved, leave flat The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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