leave a bad taste in one's mouth



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]
See also: bad, leave, mouth, taste

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
IngeborgING-e-bawrk (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Lyudmilalyood-MEE-lah (Russian)Russian, Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Pernel-English (Archaic)
Benny['beni]
Pilypas-Lithuanian
Herut-Hebrew