have a bad time

have a bad time

To have an unpleasant experience of something (usually used in the past tense). I had a really bad time last night. My date showed up an hour late and then was so disinterested that she left half an hour later! The lecture was incredibly boring, but I tried to hide the fact that I was having a bad time.
See also: bad, have, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • come to a bad end
  • come to a bad/sticky end
  • have no stomach for something
  • have the stomach for
  • be in for
  • be in for something
  • have an accident
  • find (something) out the hard way
  • have no stomach for (something)
  • deduce (something) from (something)