"It was a bit on the bitter side, especially as Southampton, Portsmouth - there's not a lot of love lost".
Dylan's post-break-up songs are a little on the bitter side: "You see me on the street / You always act surprised / You say, 'How are you?' 'Good luck' / But you don't mean it / When you know as well as me / You'd rather see me paralysed..."....
A gourd being used for the first time should be cured, or else the first few drinks from it might be a little on the bitter side.
It is slightly on the bitter side, but still moist, with a rich mix of vine fruits, glacé cherries, almonds, walnuts and spices, laced with a single malt whisky.
But even those memories have their bitter side.
The spiced cake was moist and delicious, but the grapefruit was on the bitter side.
It's wonderfully caky, just on the dry side of moist, and just on the bitter side of sweet.
Mr. Bechtolf's staging won't win any major prizes, but it does recognize the opera's bitter side, while allowing it to behave like the opera buffa it really is.
But, on the "bitter" side, we have seen dramatic changes in our workforce and our public policies have not kept pace.
