오늘의 영어 표현은: A bad taste in my mouth 입니다.

You know, there are times when something occurs and you might say “This left a bad taste in my mouth.” What does this phrase mean? Let's find out.

그럼 Joe 와 Lauren 이 나눈 대화를 들어보시겠습니다. Listen carefully.

Joe: Hey, how was your vacation?
Lauren: It was great. But we had all of the money stolen from my hotel room.
Joe: Oh, I am sorry to hear that.
Lauren: I know. The whole thing left a really bad taste in my mouth.

Lauren 이 정말 기분이 좋지 않겠군요. Joe 는 Lauren 에게 “Hey, how was your vacation? 이번 휴가 어땠어?”라고 물어보니까 Lauren 은 “It was great. But we had all of the money stolen from my hotel room.

아주 재밌긴 했는데 호텔에서 내 돈을 몽땅 도둑맞았어!”라고 하더라고요. Joe 가 “Oh, I am sorry to hear that. 그래? 정말 안됐구나”라고 하자 로렌은 “I know, the whole thing left a really bad taste in my mouth. 아 어떡해. 결국 좋지 않은 기억만 남겼지 뭐”라고 하네요.

그럼 오늘의 대화를 다시 한 번 들어보시겠습니다. 잘 들어보세요.

Joe: Hey, how was your vacation?
Lauren: It was great. But we had all of the money stolen from my hotel room.
Joe: Oh, I am sorry to hear that.
Lauren: I know. The whole thing left a really bad taste in my mouth.

오늘의 영어 표현은 a bad taste in my mouth 이죠. A bad taste in my mouth 말 그대로 하면 상한 음식이나 쓴 약을 먹을 때 입안에 남는 나쁜 맛을 뜻합니다.

Of course, you can eat something that literally leaves a bad taste in your mouth. But if somebody feels there is something wrong about a situation, it will leave an unpleasant feeling or memory. So this is when you can say that something has left a bad taste in your mouth.

생각지도 못하게 갑자기 나쁜 일이 생기면 마음이 상하고 좋지 않은 기억이 남게 되는데요. 이럴 때 a bad taste in my mouth 라는 표현을 사용할 수 있습니다.

Lauren 처럼 기분 좋게 휴가를 가서 돈을 몽땅 도둑맞는 일을 당하면 당연히 기분이 좋지 않고 우울해지겠죠? 이번 휴가는 결국 로렌에게 기분 좋은 추억보다는 나쁜 기억만을 남기게 됐네요.

오늘의 영어 표현, ‘a bad taste in my mouth’ 꼭 기억해두시고요, Now, we will listen to the conversation for the last time.

Joe: Hey, how was your vacation?
Lauren: It was great. But we had all of the money stolen from my hotel room.
Joe: Oh, I am sorry to hear that.
Lauren: I know. The whole thing left a really bad taste in my mouth.

Today's phrase, 'a bad taste in my mouth 좋지 않은 인상 또는 기억’. 'A bad taste in my mouth' is a phrase that you can use when there is something wrong about a situation and it leaves you with an unpleasant feeling or memory.

'A bad taste in my mouth.' Keep on practicing and try using it with your friends.