dip (one's) pen in gall

To write something that conveys one's animosity, anger, or malice. The critic must have dipped his pen in gall before writing that very negative review.See also: dip, gall, pen

dip your pen in gall

write unpleasantly or spitefully. Gall is another word for bile, the bitter secretion of the liver; it is used in many places in the Bible as a metaphor for bitterness or affliction. See also wormwood and gall (at wormwood).See also: dip, gall, pen

单词	dip (one's) pen in gall
释义	dip (one's) pen in gall dip (one's) pen in gall To write something that conveys one's animosity, anger, or malice. The critic must have dipped his pen in gall before writing that very negative review.See also: dip, gall, pen dip your pen in gall write unpleasantly or spitefully. Gall is another word for bile, the bitter secretion of the liver; it is used in many places in the Bible as a metaphor for bitterness or affliction. See also wormwood and gall (at wormwood).See also: dip, gall, pen
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