so bad (that) (one) can taste it

so bad (that) (one) can taste it

Describing an extreme, almost unbearable desire, emotion, or sensation. You've got to want victory so bad that you can taste it! My head hurt so bad after the accident I could taste it. I have to get to Japan so bad I can taste it.
See also: bad, can, taste
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*so bad one can taste it

Fig. very much, indeed. (*Typically: need ~; want ~; have to do something ~.) I want that car so bad I can taste it. He had to get to Philadelphia so bad he could taste it.
See also: bad, can, one, taste
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

so bad one can taste it

mod. very much, indeed. He had to get to Philadelphia so bad he could taste it.
See also: bad, can, one, taste
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • so bad one can taste it
  • in bad taste
  • have a bad opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of somebody/something
  • be downhill all the way
  • downhill all the way
  • as bad as all that
  • a bad taste in (one's)/the mouth
  • a bad taste in the mouth
  • story of my life, the