taste

give someone a dose/taste of their own medicine

to do the same bad thing to someone that they have often done to you, in order to show them how unpleasant it is. She's always turning up late for me so I thought I'd give her a taste of her own medicine and see how she likes it.

See also: dose, give, medicine

have tasted blood

if you have tasted blood, you have achieved a small victory which has made you believe you can win a more important victory. The Welsh team tasted blood in the local championships and want to play at national level now.

See also: blood

leave a bad taste in your mouth

if an experience leaves a bad taste in your mouth, you have an unpleasant memory of it. I think we all felt that he'd been treated unfairly and it left a bad taste in people's mouths.

See also: bad, leave, mouth

There's no accounting for taste!

something that you say when you cannot understand why someone likes something or someone. 'I love having a cold shower before breakfast.' 'Well, there's no accounting for taste!'

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leave a bad taste in your mouth

to cause an unpleasant memory. Violent movies always leave a bad taste in my mouth.

See also: bad, leave, mouth

taste blood

to achieve a small victory, which makes you want or expect an even greater one. I could taste blood after the first day of the trial and I knew we would win in the end.

See also: blood