MEMORY leave a bad taste in someone's mouth [for someone or something] to leave a bad feeling or memory with someone. (Informal.)The whole business about the missing money left a bad taste in his mouth.It was a very nice party, but something about it left a bad taste in my mouth.I'm sorry that Bill was there. He always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. take note (of something) to observe and remember something.Please take note of the point I'm about to make.Here is something else of which you should take note.
idiommemory► take a trip/walk/stroll down memory lanehave a memory like an elephant(also have the memory of an elephant)to be very good at remembering things, especially things that have happened to you:I doubt if your aunt has forgotten what you said to her. She's got a memory like an elephant.The defendant had the memory of an elephant and a good sense of how the law worked.have a memory like a sievespoken to keep forgetting things:"Which books did they tell us to bring?" "You've got a memory like a sieve, haven't you."Oh sorry, I forgot you were coming this morning - my memory's like a sieve these days.
See:- be engraved in (one's) memory
- be engraved in (one's) mind
- be engraved on (one's) heart
- be engraved on/in your heart/memory/mind
- be etched on (one's) heart
- be etched on (one's) memory
- be etched on (one's) mind
- be etched on your heart/memory/mind
- commit (something) to memory
- commit to memory
- down memory lane
- enshrine in heart
- freeze (someone or something) in (someone's) memory
- freeze in memory
- go down memory lane
- go down/take somebody down memory lane
- have a long memory
- have a memory like a sieve
- have a memory like an elephant
- have a mind/memory like a sieve
- if memory serves
- if my memory serves me correctly
- if my memory serves me well, correctly, etc.
- in living memory
- in memory of
- in memory of (someone or something)
- in memory of somebody
- in recent memory
- in/within living memory
- jog (one's) memory
- jog memory
- jog somebody's memory
- know from memory
- long memory
- memory lane
- refresh (one's) memory
- refresh somebody's/your memory
- slip (one's) memory
- slip (one's) mind
- slip (one's) trolley
- slip somebody's memory/mind
- stroll down memory lane
- take (one) down memory lane
- take a stroll down memory lane
- take a trip down memory lane
- take a walk down memory lane
- walk down memory lane
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