leave a bad taste in one's mouth

Make 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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Merab (1)	-	Biblical
Evelina	e-ve-LEE-nah (Italian, Swedish)	English, Italian, Swedish
Ysabel	-	Spanish (Archaic)
Gunnar	GOON-nahr (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
Hyeon	hyun	Korean
Puck	PUK (English)	Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Dutch