Do you know the meaning of ‘gorge’? Don’t worry if you don’t as it won’t help you to understand what this idiom means!

mutton – the meat from an adult sheep

Cooked mutton has a very strong smell. If you don’t like the smell of cooked lamb, you are unlikely to enjoy the smell of cooked mutton.

make someone’s gorge rise – to make someone feel disgusted or sickened

In the example sentence, the idiom means to make someone feel ill.

Sometimes, though, this idiom means ‘to make someone feel shocked and angry’. 😠

Example:

The utter devastation of war makes her gorge rise.

This idiom is not so common nowadays, but it is still handy to know what it means.

Does anything make your gorge rise? If so, what?

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