Brewer's: Bad Blood

Vindictiveness, ill-feeling.

“If there is any bad blood in the fellow he will be sure to show it.” —Brother Jonathan.

To make bad blood, to stir up bad blood.
To create or renew ill-feeling and a vindictive spirit.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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