have a bad effect (on someone or something)
have a bad effect (on someone or something)
To affect someone or something adversely. I'm sorry I'm so cranky—this headache is having a bad effect on me. The rain didn't actually have a bad effect on our trip—we all had a lot of fun staying indoors and playing board games.
See also: bad, effect, have, someone
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
have a bad effect (on someone or something)
to be bad for someone or something. Aspirin has a bad effect on me. Cold weather has a bad effect on roses.
See also: bad, effect, have
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- have a bad effect
- in (someone's) bad books
- in someone's bad books
- have a bad hair day
- a bad hair day
- bad hair day
- as bad as all that
- have a bad opinion of (someone or something)
- have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of somebody/something
- in bad sorts