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taste Theme: SHARING n. a share; a piece (of the action).I want a taste, too.Whatever the deal is, I want a taste.
IDIOMSLANG TASTE melt in one's mouth to taste very good.This cake is so good it'll melt in your mouth.John said that the food didn't exactly melt in his mouth. set someone's teeth on edge [for a sour or bitter taste] to irritate one's mouth and make it feel funny.Have you ever eaten a lemon? It'll set your teeth on edge.I can't stand food that sets my teeth on edge. sweet and sour a combination of fruity sweet and sour, but not necessarily salty, flavors. (Typically referring to certain Chinese-American foods. Fixed order.)I prefer sweet and sour pork to anything else on the menu.Alice does not care for sweet and sour dishes, but she will usually eat whatever we serve her. delish mod. delicious.Oh, this cake is just delish.What a delish meal. goopy mod. gummy; syrupy.I just love goopy desserts.This is not goopy enough.There is some goopy stuff coming out of the car's engine. nummy mod. tasty; yummy. (Also juvenile or baby talk.)This cake is just nummy.Here, Jimmy, don't you want a spoon of this nummy food?
taste noun 1 an alcoholic drink US, 1919. 2 a sample US, 1990. 3 a small sample of drugs, especially heroin US, 1952
idiomtaste► get a dose/taste of your own medicinean acquired tastelike sb or sth used about something that people only begin to like after they have tried it a few times:Even the locals admit the wine they produce is an acquired taste.I love acid house music, but I suppose it's an acquired taste.leave a bad/nasty taste in your mouth(also leave a bad/nasty taste in the mouth)if something unpleasant that happens to you, or that you learn about, leaves a bad taste in your mouth, you remember it for some time and feel angry or upset:Navratilova's bitter disappointment in the US Open left a bad taste in her mouth.Allegations that the Director General has been avoiding tax on a massive scale leave a very nasty taste in the mouth.there's no accounting for tastespoken used in order to say that you do not understand why someone likes someone or something that you do not like:"Maria seems to like you," I told Ben, who laughed and said, "There's no accounting for taste, is there?"My mother-in-law prefers sweet white wine. Oh, well, there's no accounting for taste, I suppose.
taste n. a share; a piece (of the action). Whatever the deal is, I want a taste. See:- a bad taste in (one's)/the mouth
- a bad taste in the mouth
- a taste for (something)
- a taste of (one's) own medicine
- a taste of own medicine
- acquired taste
- an acquired taste
- be in bad taste
- be in bad, the worst possible, etc. taste
- be in good taste
- be in good, the best possible, etc. taste
- be in the best possible taste
- be in the worst possible taste
- champagne taste on a beer budget
- dose of one's own medicine
- Every man to his taste
- everything tastes of porridge
- get a taste for (something)
- give (one) a dose of (one's) own medicine
- give (one) a taste of (one's) own medicine
- give somebody a taste/dose of their own medicine
- give someone a taste of their own medicine
- have a taste for (something)
- in bad taste
- in poor taste
- leave a bad taste in (one's) mouth
- leave a bad taste in mouth
- leave a bad taste in one's mouth
- leave a bad taste in the mouth
- leave a bad taste in your mouth
- leave a bad/nasty taste in the/your mouth
- leave a nasty taste in (one's) mouth
- leave a nasty taste in the mouth
- leave a sour taste in (one's) mouth
- need (something) so bad (that) (one) can taste it
- no accounting for tastes, there is no
- no accounting for tastes, there's
- no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of...
- own medicine, a dose/taste of one's
- poor taste, in
- so bad (that) (one) can taste it
- so bad one can taste it
- taste
- taste blood
- taste for
- taste like
- taste like (something)
- taste like more
- taste of
- taste of (something)
- Tastes differ
- There is no accounting for taste
- there's no accounting for taste
- there's no accounting for tastes
- to taste
- want (something) so bad (that) (one) can taste it
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