so bad (that) (one) can taste it

so bad (that) (one) can taste it

Describing an extreme, almost unbearable desire, emotion, or sensation. You've got to want victory so bad that you can taste it! My head hurt so bad after the accident I could taste it. I have to get to Japan so bad I can taste it.

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*so bad one can taste it

Fig. very much, indeed. (*Typically: need ~; want ~; have to do something ~.) I want that car so bad I can taste it. He had to get to Philadelphia so bad he could taste it.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

so bad one can taste it

mod. very much, indeed. He had to get to Philadelphia so bad he could taste it.

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