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leave a bad taste in one's mouth
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Make a lingering bad impression on one, as in The argument left a bad taste in my mouth, so after that I avoided talking politics . This expression transfers the bad taste left by consuming bitter or otherwise unpleasant food to a distasteful experience. [Mid-1800s]Advertisement
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