the gorge rises at it



the gorge rises at it

One is disgusted or sickened by something. (The "gorge" is the stomach.) The phrase appears in Shakespeare's Hamlet. I could never be a doctor. Blood, vomit, open wounds—the gorge rises at it.
See also: gorge, rise

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bilal-Arabic, Urdu
SjaakSHAH:KDutch
Phoebus-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Zsuzsa-Hungarian
Ardashir-Persian
EmilE-mil (Swedish), E-meel (German, Polish), e-MEEL (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian,