| Word | turn to ashes in your mouth |
|---|---|
| Description | become bitterly disappointing or worthless This phrase alludes to the Dead Sea fruit - a legendary fruit which looked appetizing but turned to smoke and ashes when someone tried to eat it. The fruit are described in the Travels attributed to the 14th-century writer John de Mandeville. 1995 - Guardian - Those who marvelled at the phenomenal climbing feats of Pedro Delgado in the 1988 Tour found words such as heroic and Herculean turn to ashes in their mouths during the probenecid (a masking agent) scandal. become bitterly disappointing or worthless This phrase alludes to the Dead Sea fruit - a legendary fruit which looked appetizing but turned to smoke and ashes when someone tried to eat it. The fruit are described in the Travels attributed to the 14th-century writer John de Mandeville. 1995 - Guardian - Those who marvelled at the phenomenal cl |
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