leave a sour taste in one's mouth
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To give one an unpleasant feeling or memory.
Example Sentences
- "But after having been employed for her "entire adult life," her experience of being uninsured leaves a sour taste in her mouth."
- "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."
- "“Your daughter has amnesia, sir,” he said, the honourific^([sic]) leaving a sour taste in his mouth."