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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jehoash	ji-HO-ash (English), jee-HO-ash (English)	Biblical
Sharifah	-	Arabic, Malay
Vercingetorix	wer-keeng-GE-to-reeks (Ancient Roman), vur-sin-JET-ə-riks (English)	Ancient Celtic
Petty	['peti]
Iezekiel	-	Biblical Greek
Pavol	-	Slovak