hold a grudge against
to be angry at someone for a past wrong
TRANSLATION
hold a grudge against = nachtragend sein --- GOOGLE INDEX hold (or bear) a grudge against: approximately 800,000 Google hits
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While it's clear that some consumers still HOLD A GRUDGE AGAINST GM and Chrysler, a vast majority don't factor the bailouts in their buying.
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Do not seek revenge or BEAR A GRUDGE AGAINST one of your people, but love your neighbour as yourself. I am the Lord.
(Leviticus 19:18)
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Do not seek revenge or BEAR A GRUDGE AGAINST one of your people, but love your neighbour as yourself. I am the Lord.
(Leviticus 19:18)
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hold (bear) a grudge against
idiom
- to have a strong feeling of anger and dislike for a person who you feel has treated you badly, which often lasts for a long time
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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The queen holds a grudge
Prince Michael Golitsyn of Russia married an Italian Catholic woman to the intense displeasure of Czarina Anna Ivanovna. Although the bride soon died, the czarina held a grudge against him, which manifested itself through a mean sense of humour.
She ordered an ice palace built in St. Petersburg in the winter of 1739. It was complete with ice furnishings such as dishes, toilets, tables and even a four-poster ice bed. When it was finished, she selected the ugliest woman she could find to be the prince's second bride and forced the couple to parade about town on an elephant before the wedding. Accompanying them was a procession of freaks.
The procession made its way to the ice palace, where the two were stripped of their clothing and sent to the icy marriage chamber. Then all exits were sealed. The couple survived the cold night and nine months later, the prince's wife gave birth to twins.
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SYNONYMS
grudge
animosity, bad blood, resentment, spitefulness
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"He never held a grudge against me, even though I got the promotion he wanted."
idiom
- to have a strong feeling of anger and dislike for a person who you feel has treated you badly, which often lasts for a long time
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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The queen holds a grudge
Prince Michael Golitsyn of Russia married an Italian Catholic woman to the intense displeasure of Czarina Anna Ivanovna. Although the bride soon died, the czarina held a grudge against him, which manifested itself through a mean sense of humour.
She ordered an ice palace built in St. Petersburg in the winter of 1739. It was complete with ice furnishings such as dishes, toilets, tables and even a four-poster ice bed. When it was finished, she selected the ugliest woman she could find to be the prince's second bride and forced the couple to parade about town on an elephant before the wedding. Accompanying them was a procession of freaks.
The procession made its way to the ice palace, where the two were stripped of their clothing and sent to the icy marriage chamber. Then all exits were sealed. The couple survived the cold night and nine months later, the prince's wife gave birth to twins.
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SYNONYMS
grudge
animosity, bad blood, resentment, spitefulness
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"He never held a grudge against me, even though I got the promotion he wanted."
