leave a bad taste in someone's mouth

leave a bad taste in someone's mouth
leave a bad taste in someone's mouth
[for something] to leave a bad feeling or memory with someone. •

The whole business about the missing money left a bad taste in his mouth.

It was a very nice hotel, but something about it left a bad taste in my mouth.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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