Question of the Day #1024

The Scathing Meaning Behind “Bad Blood” By Taylor Swift

From the headline of this article at American Songwriter.

  上記の文で、bad bloodの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "bad blood" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

悪感情、恨み、憎しみ、敵意、反目、不和、不仲、わだかまり、いさかい

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

ill feeling: BITTERNESS

   

Examples

• There's been a lot of bad blood between them since their quarrel.
• There is, it seems, some bad blood between Mills and the Baldwins.
• In this tribal culture, bad blood means either negotiations between elders, or fighting. Times, Sunday Times (2012)
• Months of bad blood between the mercenaries and Moscow’s military leaders could mean that a lot of Wagner fighters would rather be commanded by anyone but Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. — Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2023
• Months of bad blood between McCarthy and Democrats help sink his speakership The current congressman McCarthy dramatically lost the House speakership Tuesday after failing to withstand a rebellion among hard-right Republicans — a first in U.S. history. — Naomi Schanen, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023

   

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