bad blood
Feelings of hostility or ill willFeelings of hostility or ill will.
» There was bad blood between the two families in "Romeo and Juliet."
Meaning
4 senses(idiomatic, uncountable)Feelings of hostility or ill will.
böses Blut
a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
(idiomatic, uncountable)A serious feud or long-standing grudge.
(dated, idiomatic, uncountable)An inherited immoral or disturbed nature.
(regional, uncountable)A particular disease; in some places, syphilis.
Examples
12 sentencesThere was bad blood between the two families in "Romeo and Juliet."
He has bad blood with them.
Is there bad blood between Tom and Mary?
A lot of bad blood had passed between them.
There's bad blood between them.
ruМежду ними существует неприязнь. — odexed
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Charles Lamb's Essays of Elia (1823).From Charles Lamb's Essays of Elia (1823).
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Synonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable