Idiom
gall and wormwood
Meaning
bitterness and resentment
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Their constant arguing is gall and wormwood to me.”
“The unfair decision felt like gall and wormwood, leaving him with a deep sense of resentment toward his former partners.”
“The memory of his betrayal remained gall and wormwood, a bitter reminder of the trust he had once placed in his closest friend.”
Examples
simple
“Their constant arguing is gall and wormwood to me.”
contextual
“The unfair decision felt like gall and wormwood, leaving him with a deep sense of resentment toward his former partners.”
complex
“The memory of his betrayal remained gall and wormwood, a bitter reminder of the trust he had once placed in his closest friend.”
Origin
From Deuteronomy 29:18 of the King James Bible.
Key words
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