"firm taste" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe the flavor or sensation of a food or drink that is strong, bold, or solid. Example: The dark chocolate had a firm taste that lingered on my tongue long after I had finished eating it.
In both cases, K.K.R. partners said, the bidding went too high for the firm's taste.
The deal, he says, has left him "astonished". Sequoia Capital, the only venture firm to taste a part of this deal, walks away with $3.5 billion--a billion--a billion--a 60-foldlion investment.
He said the cuts, due to be announced in more detail during Thursday's autumn statement, would give the energy firms a "taste for blood".
According to registration numbers supplied to Edmunds.com by Polk, the automotive forecasting and analysis firm, New Yorkers' tastes diverged markedly from those of their countrymen in the first five months of 2012.
The payroll depends on the intensity of discriminatory taste, firm dispersion, and the number of firms on the market see Appendix 4 for calculations.
A local broker says that Blackstone, a private-equity firm with a taste for bricks and mortar, bought $120m of properties with his firm's help in 2013 but "won't do anything like that this year".
There were misfires: a burrata appetizer was too firm for my taste, though it looked lovely on the plate; the lobster risotto paired overcooked lobster meat with undercooked rice.
Although he was sometimes charged with Parisian chic in his ballets for de Cuevas, Mr. Taras had a firm grip on taste, as he showed in his works with a whiff of a plot.
True, I have written three books specifically on wine and food matching, but even here this marriage guidance came with the firm injunction that taste is deeply personal and that a critic is only a single prejudiced palate.
But within about five minutes, upon hearing my tale of woe at check in, the hotel sent up a perfect replacement (most hotel pillows are far too firm for my taste and keep me tossing and turning all night), along with toothbrush, toothpaste, and other necessities.
