bear (sb) malice
Frequency: 6.57.8 per million words
to feel ill will or a desire to harm someone
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Examples (10)
- He bore me no malice.
- I bear no malice towards anybody.
- She wouldn't bear malice against her former colleague.
- Despite their argument, he didn't bear any malice.
- Why do you bear such malice towards him?
- The old woman had borne malice in her heart for decades.
- It's unhealthy to bear malice over small grievances.
- They refused to bear malice even after the betrayal.
- Having been wronged, it was hard for him not to bear malice.
- She bears no malice towards those who hurt her.