leave a bad taste in one's mouth

[leave a bad taste in one's mouth] {v. phr.}

To feel a bad impression; make you feel disgusted.

* /Seeing a man beat his horse leaves a bad taste in your mouth./

* /His rudeness to the teacher left a bad taste in my mouth./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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