bad blood (between people)

bad blood (between people)
*bad blood (between people)
unpleasant feelings or animosity between people. (*Typically: be \bad blood (between people); have \bad blood (between people).) •

There is bad blood between Fred and Jim. They cannot be civil to one another.

There is no bad blood between us. I don't know why we should quarrel.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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