in bad part
English
Prepositional phrase
- Unfavourably, with offence, resentfully. (Chiefly with take.)
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 47
- "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."
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 47
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