taste like
taste like (something)
1. Literally, to elicit the same sensations of flavor in one's mouth as something else. This cake tastes exactly like the one my grandmother used to make when I was a kid. I've heard that certain insects taste like shrimp, but I still wouldn't be caught dead trying one.
2. By extension, to elicit, evoke, or be associated with a certain kind of sensation, emotion, or experience. I love sipping a cold beer out on my porch in the middle of summer. It tastes like freedom to me. With how ludicrously expensive the whole meal was, everything just tasted more like regret than anything else.
See also: like, taste
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
taste like something
to have the same taste as something. This stuff tastes like watermelon. What do you think this tastes like?
See also: like, taste
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- taste like (something)
- taste of
- taste of (something)
- elicit
- elicit (something) from (someone)
- elicit from
- numb out
- summon up
- move (one) to tears
- moved to tears