I bowed my head and tasted the bitter fruit of failure.

Then his face moved slightly, as if he was biting into a bitter fruit.

He licked his lips, as if about to bite into a bitter fruit.

He scowled as if he'd just had a taste of bitter fruit.

The enmity between the two was to later bear bitter fruit.

Not to forget, but to remember, to open up the past and find himself there again, like the stone in a bitter fruit.

Other events, which had seemed of little import, were to bear bitter fruit in the coming days.

"You're a bitter fruit - sweet at the first taste only."

It was hard to believe that this bitter fruit had been planted only six months ago.

But Republicans acknowledge that the party has problems, calling them the bitter fruit of success.