in bad part
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English
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- Unfavourably, with offence, resentfully.
- Synonym: in ill part
- Antonym: in good part
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 47”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
- "There's no harm in a kick in the hindquarters when your belly's full," said Captain Nichols, "and personally I never take it in bad part. An officer's got to think about discipline."
Usage notes
[edit]- Chiefly used with take.