poor taste, in



poor taste, in

Also, in bad taste. Not suitable, unseemly, offensive, as in His criticism of the Pope was in poor taste, or That television interview was in very bad taste. These idioms use taste in the sense of "discernment of what is appropriate."
See also: poor

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
DylanDUL-an (Welsh), DIL-ən (English)Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
ÁIneAWN-ye Irish
Setare-Persian
Cadoc-Welsh
GyulaDYOO-lawHungarian
LeonLEE-awn (English), LE-awn (German, Polish)English, German, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Dutch, Ancient Greek