wormwood and gall

Bitterness, resentment, disappointment, or humiliation; a figurative source of such feelings. Let me tell you, the life of a book publisher is full of wormwood and gall these days. My aunt relished cruel, embittered opinions on people and the world, seeming to prefer feasting on wormwood and gall than the many joys life brings.

wormwood and gall

a source of bitter mortification and grief. literary

Gall is bile, a substance secreted by the liver and proverbial for its bitterness, while wormwood is an aromatic plant with a bitter taste. The expression originated in reference to various passages in the Bible, for example Lamentations 3:19: ‘Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall’.

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释义	wormwood and gall wormwood and gall Bitterness, resentment, disappointment, or humiliation; a figurative source of such feelings. Let me tell you, the life of a book publisher is full of wormwood and gall these days. My aunt relished cruel, embittered opinions on people and the world, seeming to prefer feasting on wormwood and gall than the many joys life brings. See also: and, gall, wormwood Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. wormwood and gall a source of bitter mortification and grief. literary Gall is bile, a substance secreted by the liver and proverbial for its bitterness, while wormwood is an aromatic plant with a bitter taste. The expression originated in reference to various passages in the Bible, for example Lamentations 3:19: ‘Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall’. See also: and, gall, wormwood Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: gall and wormwood wormwood let off on let off on (someone or something) the answer to somebody's prayers the/an answer to (one's) prayer(s) draw the line at a dead end be history line in the sand References in periodicals archive I still remember the hospitality lunch turning to wormwood and gall on my taste buds as I realised after two furlongs that my horse had no rider. The monthly view: My King George agony as Choirboy went AWOL For Drabinsky, it must be wormwood and gall to watch projects that he has nurtured from the cradle go on without him. FALLEN IMPRESARIO: DRABINSKY OUSTED AT LIVENT
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