taste blood
taste blood · tastes blood · tasted blood · tasting blood
Blut lecken
To sense weakness in another, encouraging one to attackTo sense weakness in another, encouraging one to attack.
» When I cough, I taste blood.
Wenn ich huste, schmecke ich Blut. — Naina
Eccles17 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(figuratively)To sense weakness in another, encouraging one to attack.
(figuratively)To press home an advantage in a debate, etc.
(broadly, figuratively)To take pleasure in something new.
Blut lecken
Examples
7 sentencesWhen I cough, I taste blood.
deWenn ich huste, schmecke ich Blut. — Naina
Ziri tasted blood in his mouth.
Rodrigo liked the taste of blood.
There was an acrid taste of blood in his throat.
I was like a wild beast then that had tasted blood.
deIch war damals wie ein wildes Tier, das Blut geleckt hatte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Forms
tastes blood, tasting blood, tasted blood, tasted blood| Base form | taste blood · to taste blood |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | tastes blood |
| Present participle | tasting blood |
| Past simple | tasted blood |
| Past participle | tasted blood |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle