taste bad
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Sense: not safe to eat. Refers to the flavor of spoiled food.
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Examples (10)
- The sausages tasted bad, so we threw them in the bin.
- If the milk tastes bad, it has probably spoiled.
- He took one bite of the fish and immediately knew it tasted bad.
- Don't eat those berries; they might look fine, but they could taste bad and be poisonous.
- The soup was left out all night and now it tastes bad.
- "Does this juice taste bad to you?" she asked, making a face.
- Food will begin to taste bad if it's not stored at the proper temperature.
- I had to spit out the water because it tasted bad, like chemicals.
- The leftovers started to taste bad after just a couple of days.
- A sour flavour is a warning sign that the food tastes bad and shouldn't be eaten.