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
HernÁN	er-NAHN	Spanish
Esme	EZ-may	English
Vargas	['wa:gəs]
Saskia	SAHS-kee-ah: (Dutch), ZAHS-kee-ah (German)	Dutch, German
Divina	-	English (Rare)
Bice	BEE-che	Italian