x is to y's taste (liking)
41a liking for — a taste for. → liking …
42for one's liking — to suit one s taste or wishes he is a little too showy for my liking …
43to one's liking — to one s taste; pleasing his coffee was just to his liking …
44to taste — according to personal liking. → taste …
45acquired taste — /əˌkwaɪəd ˈteɪst/ (say uh.kwuyuhd tayst) noun 1. an unusual liking acquired through experience. 2. the thing so liked …
46dis·taste — /dısˈteıst/ noun, pl tastes : a strong feeling of not liking someone or something [count] usually singular I ve developed a real distaste [=dislike] for paperwork. [noncount] “I see you still smoke,” she said with distaste …
47preference — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. choice, pick, desire, taste, liking, druthers (inf.). See precedence. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Something preferred] Syn. choice, favorite, first choice, decision; see choice 3 . 2. [Inclination] Syn.… …
48Palate — Pal ate, n. [L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat.] 1. (Anat.) The roof of the mouth. [1913 Webster] Note: The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the hard palate to distinguish it from… …
49gusto — [gus′tō] n. [It & Sp < L gustus, taste < IE base * ĝeus , to enjoy, taste > CHOOSE] 1. taste; liking 2. keen enjoyment; enthusiastic appreciation; zest; relish 3. great vigor or liveliness 4. Archaic artistic style …
50palate — [pal′it] n. [ME < L palatum] 1. the roof of the mouth, consisting of a hard, bony forward part (the hard palate) and a soft, fleshy back part (the soft palate, or velum) 2. sense of taste: the palate was incorrectly thought to be the organ of… …
