bad blood — meaning & examples

Language: en

Meanings:

  • 1.

    Global Englishneutral
    • Longstanding hostility, resentment, or ill feeling between people or groups, typically resulting from past disagreements, injuries, or rivalries.

    Examples

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    • There has been bad blood between the two families ever since the property dispute.

      The two families have harbored longstanding hostility due to a disagreement over land.

    • Despite working together for years, some bad blood remains from their past arguments.

      Even after years of collaboration, resentment from previous fights still lingers.

    • Has the bad blood between the rival clubs finally been resolved after the mediation?

      Did the hostility between the competing groups end following mediation?

  • 2.

    Global Englisharchaictechnical
    • A historical term referring to blood believed to be diseased, impure, or the carrier of hereditary weakness or illness; used figuratively to suggest an inherited or physiological taint.

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    • Old texts warned of bad blood as a hereditary curse believed to weaken families over generations.

      Ancient writings described 'bad blood' as a family curse causing inherited weakness.

    • Some nineteenth-century doctors thought bad blood was the root of many illnesses passed down through families.

      Doctors in the 1800s believed diseased blood caused hereditary sicknesses.

    • The phrase 'bad blood' was once used to explain why certain traits or diseases appeared within families.

      'Bad blood' used to describe familial transmission of traits or illnesses.

Examples:

  • EN: That the bad blood is getting better.
    ES: A ver si conseguimos arreglarte tu sangre estropeada.
  • EN: Now, we cant' have bad blood between brothers.
    ES: No podemos tener rencor entre hermanos.
  • EN: Uh, bad blood in the whole family.
    ES: - Una chica tan joven...
  • EN: unrest in the land, and danger on the borders no, my lords, I am not Maria's friend no, but her bother, you both have the same bad blood
    ES: Intranquilidad y peligro. No soy amigo de María... ¡Pero su hermano!
  • EN: Nothing but bad blood, dressed up in fancy words.
    ES: Esa sangre es mala. Adornada con bonitas palabras.
  • EN: You're too wise to let a liar make bad blood between us.
    ES: Tu sabiduría no dejará que un embustero nos enemiste.
  • EN: To purge the bad blood out of me, she said.
    ES: Dice que para sacarme la mala sangre.
  • EN: Now tell me, wasn't there bad blood between your brother, Geoffrey and Captain Vickery?
    ES: Ahora dígame, ¿estaban enemistados su hermano Geoffrey y el capitán Vickery? Eso no tiene nada que ver.
  • EN: My sister's boy had bad blood.
    ES: Heredó el mal genio de su padre.
  • EN: She's got bad blood, this girl, mark my word.
    ES: ¡Esta niña tiene mala sangre, acuérdese de lo que le digo!
  • EN: Don't be a bad blood, Kingsclere.
    ES: No te hagas mala sangre, Kingsclere.
  • EN: There was bad blood between you and Blayden on account of this girl.
    ES: Entre Vd. y Blayden había roces por esta chica.
  • EN: I don't know what you mean - 'bad blood'.
    ES: Que me vuelve malo. No entiendo de qué hablas.
  • EN: In spite of what happened a long time ago, there's never been a drop of bad blood in our family.
    ES: A pesar de todo lo que has tenido que pasar, no hay ni una gota de sangre maldita en nuestra familia.
  • EN: What if there's bad blood in me, Mose, that makes me do bad things?
    ES: ¿Y si tuviese razón? ¿Y si tuviera sangre maldita por mis venas?
  • EN: That the bad blood is getting better.
    ES: A ver si conseguimos arreglarte tu sangre estropeada.
  • EN: Now, we cant' have bad blood between brothers.
    ES: No podemos tener rencor entre hermanos.
  • EN: Uh, bad blood in the whole family.
    ES: - Una chica tan joven...
  • EN: unrest in the land, and danger on the borders no, my lords, I am not Maria's friend no, but her bother, you both have the same bad blood
    ES: Intranquilidad y peligro. No soy amigo de María... ¡Pero su hermano!
  • EN: Nothing but bad blood, dressed up in fancy words.
    ES: Esa sangre es mala. Adornada con bonitas palabras.
  • EN: You're too wise to let a liar make bad blood between us.
    ES: Tu sabiduría no dejará que un embustero nos enemiste.
  • EN: To purge the bad blood out of me, she said.
    ES: Dice que para sacarme la mala sangre.
  • EN: Now tell me, wasn't there bad blood between your brother, Geoffrey and Captain Vickery?
    ES: Ahora dígame, ¿estaban enemistados su hermano Geoffrey y el capitán Vickery? Eso no tiene nada que ver.
  • EN: My sister's boy had bad blood.
    ES: Heredó el mal genio de su padre.
  • EN: She's got bad blood, this girl, mark my word.
    ES: ¡Esta niña tiene mala sangre, acuérdese de lo que le digo!
  • EN: Don't be a bad blood, Kingsclere.
    ES: No te hagas mala sangre, Kingsclere.
  • EN: There was bad blood between you and Blayden on account of this girl.
    ES: Entre Vd. y Blayden había roces por esta chica.

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