leave a sour taste in one's mouth en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic) To give one an unpleasant feeling or memory.
Some volunteers might opt to stay on in Zambia by other means, but the General election had left a sour taste in my mouth and I was ready to go.
2011, Mark Burke, Glimmers of Hope: Memoir of a Volunteer in Africa, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 307:But after having been employed for her "entire adult life," her experience of being uninsured leaves a sour taste in her mouth.
2007 July, Hilary Beard, “Surviving the Health Insurance Crisis”, in Ebony, page 140:“Your daughter has amnesia, sir,” he said, the honourific^([sic]) leaving a sour taste in his mouth.
2012, Angela Nicole, I Heard There'd Be Cake, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 105:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| leaves a sour taste in one's mouth | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| leaving a sour taste in one's mouth | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| left a sour taste in one's mouth | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| left a sour taste in one's mouth | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
de einen unangenehmen Nachgeschmack hinterlassen (give an unpleasant feeling or memory) · sv lämna en bitter eftersmak (give an unpleasant feeling or memory) · nl een bittere nasmaak achterlaten (give an unpleasant feeling or memory) · ga drochbhlas a fhágáil (give an unpleasant feeling or memory)