"sour note" meaning in All languages combined

See sour note on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-sour note.ogg [Australia] Forms: sour notes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sour note (plural sour notes)
  1. (idiomatic) A negative aspect to something mostly positive. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-sour_note-en-noun-SPOHVXbF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sour note meaning in All languages combined (1.2kB)

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