Leave a bad taste in (one’s) mouth

Whenever an experience leaves you with a bad impression, you can say that it left a bad taste in your mouth.
The food at the restaurant was great, but the service left a bad taste in my mouth.

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Idiom: Leave a bad taste in your mouth

The idiom leave a bad taste in one’s mouth has nothing to do with eating or bad-tasting toothpaste.

It deals with feelings.

Have you ever been treated rudely or poorly in a restaurant or store?

How did you feel about that experience?

I bet that experience left a bad taste in your mouth.


What I mean is that the unpleasant experience gave you the wrong impression of the business or at least of the person who was rude to you.


That experience was a real turn-off which left a bad taste in your mouth.

Whenever an experience leaves you with a negative impression, you can say it left a bad taste in your mouth.

Restaurants are not the only places that can leave a bad taste in your mouth, though.

Rude behaviour is all around us.

I can’t remember how many times I have seen an elderly person or a person with special needs, such as a pregnant lady or someone with little children, standing on public transportation because obnoxious, able-bodied people were sitting in the so-called reserved seats.

I hope you always have only pleasant experiences, but if you don’t, at least now you can tell your friends that you experienced something that left a bad taste in your mouth.


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