turn one's stomach



turn one's stomach

Nauseate one, disgust one, as in That mess of spoiled food turns my stomach. This idiom alludes to being so nauseated that one vomits-that is, the stomach in effect turns around and brings up food. It was first recorded in 1622.
See also: stomach, turn

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Walentyvah-LEN-tiPolish
Magalima-ga-LEE (French)French, Occitan
Noor (2)NO:R (Dutch)Dutch, Limburgish
Aditi-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada
Jude[dʒu:d]
Mohammed-Arabic, Bengali