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The grudge that outlives the reason you started it.
means A lasting feeling of hostility or resentment between people, usually stemming from a past conflict that was never properly resolved.
from A straightforward metaphor dating back centuries: blood was long believed to be the seat of temperament and relationships, so 'bad blood' meant a corrupted bond between people. The same logic gave us 'blood feud' and the idea of blood as kinship — when blood between two parties turns 'bad,' it marks a rift that's personal and old, not fresh and fixable with an apology.
- origin
- Old term for feuds, literally believed to poison the blood
- taylor swift
- 2014 song inspired by a real celebrity feud
- psychology
- resentment often outlasts memory of the actual insult
- fun fact
- Shakespeare used the concept before the phrase existed