A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH

Meaning of A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH in English

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will

I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH — a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad …
English Idioms vocab
BAD — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bad atmosphere ▪ There's a bad atmosphere among the staff. a bad cold …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TASTE — I. ˈtāst verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English tasten to touch, examine by touch, test, feel, taste, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MY — I. Etymology: Middle English my, mi, min, from Old English mīn, suppletive gen. of ic I obsolete possessive of i …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOUTH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BAD — I. archaic past of bid or of bide II. ˈbad, -aa(ə)d, -aid adjective ( worse ˈwərs, -ə̄s, -əis ; also …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TASTE — — tastable, tasteable , adj. /tayst/ , v. , tasted, tasting , n. v.t. 1. to try or test the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOUTH — — mouther , n. — mouthless , adj. n. /mowth/ ; v. /mowdh/ , n. , pl. mouths /mowdhz/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAD — bad 1 — badness , n. /bad/ , adj., worse, worst; ( Slang ) badder, baddest for 36; n.; adv. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TASTE — I. ˈtāst verb ( tast·ed ; tast·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, to touch, test, taste, from Anglo-French taster, from Vulgar …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOUTH — I. ˈmau̇th noun ( plural mouths ˈmau̇thz also ˈmau̇z, ˈmau̇ths; in synecdochic compounds like “blabbermouths” ths more frequently ) Usage: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BAD — I. ˈbad adjective ( worse ˈwərs ; worst ˈwərst) Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. a. : failing to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TASTE — vi to take sparingly. 2. taste ·noun the act of tasting; gustation. 3. taste ·noun essay; trial; experience; experiment. 4. …
Webster English vocab
MOUTH
Webster English vocab
TASTE — [taste] vb tast.ed ; tast.ing [ME, to touch, test, taste, fr. MF taster, fr. (assumed) VL taxitare, freq. of L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOUTH — [mouth] n, pl mouths often attrib [ME, fr. OE muth; akin to OHG mund mouth and perh. to L mentum …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
TASTE — / teɪst; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FLAVOUR 1. [ C , U ] the particular quality that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOUTH — noun , verb ■ noun / maʊθ; NAmE / ( pl. mouths / maʊðz; NAmE /) PART OF FACE 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAD — / bæd; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective ( worse / wɜːs; NAmE wɜːrs/ worst / wɜːst; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TASTE — I. taste 1 S2 W2 /teɪst/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ taste , ↑ distaste , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MY — I. my 1 S1 W1 /maɪ/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘I’] 1 . used by the person who …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOUTH — I. mouth 1 S2 W1 /maʊθ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural mouths /maʊðz/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BAD — I. bad 1 S1 W1 /bæd/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative worse /wɜːs $ wɜːrs/, superlative worst /wɜːst $ wɜːrst/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TASTE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the sensation characteristic of a soluble substance caused in the mouth and throat by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOUTH — n. & v. --n. (pl. mouths) 1 a an external opening in the head, through which most animals admit food …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BAD — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (worse; worst) 1 inferior, inadequate, defective (bad work; a bad driver; bad light). 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TASTE — n. & v. n. 1 a the sensation characteristic of a soluble substance caused in the mouth and throat by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MY — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1 of or belonging to me or myself (my house; my own business). 2 as a form of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOUTH — n. & v. n. (pl. mouths) 1 a an external opening in the head, through which most animals admit food …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BAD — adj., n., & adv. adj. (worse; worst) 1 inferior, inadequate, defective (bad work; a bad driver; bad light). 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TASTE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the sensation characteristic of a soluble substance caused in the mouth and throat by …
Oxford English vocab
MY — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1. of or belonging to me or myself (my house; my own business). 2 as a form of …
Oxford English vocab
MOUTH — n. & v. --n. (pl. mouths) 1. a an external opening in the head, through which most animals admit food …
Oxford English vocab
BAD — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (worse; worst) 1. inferior, inadequate, defective (bad work; a bad driver; bad light). 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
TASTE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'My' is the first person singular …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOUTH — Pronounced /maʊθ/ for the noun, and /maʊð/ for the verb. The form 'mouths' is pronounced /maʊðz/. ( mouthing, mouthed) Frequency: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAD — ( worse, worst) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOUTH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TASTE — (JUDGMENT) [noun] - a person's appreciation of and liking for particular thingsHis taste in clothes leaves a little to be …
Cambridge English vocab
MOUTH — (BODY PART) [noun] [C] - the opening in the face of a person or animal, consisting of the lips and …
Cambridge English vocab
BAD — (LOW QUALITY) [adjective] - of unacceptably low quality; not acceptableI thought the film was really bad.Bad teachers can make children …
Cambridge English vocab
MOUTH — See: BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN ONE'S MOUTH, BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH, BY WORD OF MOUTH, DOWN …
Slang English vocab
BAD — See: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE, IN A BAD WAY, IN BAD, IN ONE'S BAD GRACES, LEAVE A BAD TASTE …
Slang English vocab
TASTE — I. noun 1 flavour/flavor ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious , fresh , nice , pleasant , refreshing ▪ distinctive ▪ pungent , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TASTE — See ↑ LITTLE 6, ↑ TASTE 1,2,9, ↑ TASTE IN CLOTHES, MUSIC ETC 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be an acquired …
Longman Activator English vocab
TASTE — INDEX: 1. the taste of food or drink 2. to have a particular taste 3. with a sweet taste 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
BAD
Longman Activator English vocab
TASTE — n. 25B6; noun a distinctive sharp taste : FLAVOUR, savour, relish, tang, smack. a taste of brandy : MOUTHFUL, drop, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOUTH — n. 25B6; noun open your mouth : lips, jaws; maw, muzzle; informal trap, chops, kisser; Brit. informal gob, cakehole; N. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BAD — n. 25B6; adjective bad workmanship : SUBSTANDARD, poor, inferior, second-rate, second-class, unsatisfactory, inadequate, unacceptable, not up to scratch, not up …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TASTE — n. 1 drop, soupçon, dash, pinch, touch, hint, suggestion, grain, trace, bit; flavour, savour, relish, tang I added just the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MOUTH
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BAD — adj. 1 poor, wretched, inferior, defective, awful, worthless, miserable, egregious, execrable, substandard, unsatisfactory, disappointing, inadequate, non-standard, Colloq lousy, rotten, crummy, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MOUTH — See: BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN ONE'S MOUTH, BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH, BY WORD OF MOUTH, DOWN …
Словарь английских идиом
BAD — See: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE, IN A BAD WAY, IN BAD, IN ONE'S BAD GRACES, LEAVE A BAD TASTE …
Словарь английских идиом
TASTE — I verb 1 BAD : During your visit you'll be able to taste some of the local Catalan specialities. GOOD …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TASTE — 1. сущ. 1) а) вкус (как одно из чувств, как само ощущение, как свойство чего-л., чему присуще такое ощущение) to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MY — мест.; притяж.; как прил. 1) мой, моя, мое, мои; принадлежащий мне (ср. mine) 2) используется в обращении, придает обращению ласковый, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOUTH
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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