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
Hassan	-	Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Detlev	DET-lef (Low German)	Low German, German
Cairbre	KAHR-bra	Irish, Scottish
Ion (2)	-	Greek Mythology
SÉAfra	-	Irish
Aliya (1)	-	Kazakh, Tatar, Arabic