acquired taste
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- noun
- /əˈkwaɪərd teɪst/
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gusto adquirido
- While some find it difficult to enjoy blue cheese, others believe it is an acquired taste worth developing.
- definitely an acquired taste
- somewhat of an acquired taste
- really an acquired taste
I mean, it's, it's an acquired taste, but you don't need a ton of it.
- I mean, it's, it's an acquired taste, but you don't need a ton of it.
- We do not run this place, but both medicine and poison are acquired tastes.
- And this left several people with an acquired taste for really, really nice computing environments, but no computing environment.
- And I found myself just absolutely riveted by this documentary, which for a lot of people might be an acquired taste because it takes its time.
- Because with a higher income comes a higher acquired taste and things that you enjoy doing.
- Rod's good looking, but that Mick Jagger is a acquired taste, you might say, But it's something obviously way deeper.
Examples
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OK, Red Bull is an acquired taste even on a good day.
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Some people say that opera is an acquired taste, but I don't believe it.
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I think it's an acquired taste, you know?
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It's a bit of an acquired taste.
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It's definitely an acquired taste.
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It's just an acquired taste.
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It's an acquired taste, but once you try it, it's great.
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Hockey is not a native sport in Nebraska; it's an acquired taste.
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Rush is an acquired taste, but the drumming talent is not really debatable.
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Spicy and pungent, Korean food is an acquired taste... but then again, who doesn't like five slabs of thick-cut pork belly?
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a liking gained after repeated exposure' is directly derivable from 'acquired' (gained/obtained) combined with 'taste' (a liking or preference). This adjective+noun composition is semantically transparent and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase acquired taste comes from the simple idea that the word acquired means 'to get' and taste means 'flavor', so it pictures a flavor you only like after trying it many times. That's why we use it for things people learn to like slowly, not for things they like at first.