"ಪಿತ್ತರಸ" ಪದದ ನಿಘಂಟಿನ ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನವು ಯಕೃತ್ತಿನಿಂದ ಸ್ರವಿಸುವ ಮತ್ತು ಪಿತ್ತಕೋಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಗ್ರಹವಾಗಿರುವ ಕಹಿ, ಹಸಿರು-ಹಳದಿ ದ್ರವವಾಗಿದೆ, ಇದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಕರುಳಿನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕೊಬ್ಬಿನ ಜೀರ್ಣಕ್ರಿಯೆಗೆ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಪಿತ್ತರಸವು ದೇಹದಿಂದ ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ ಉತ್ಪನ್ನಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊರಹಾಕಲು ಸಹ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಸಾಂಕೇತಿಕ ಅರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ, "ಪಿತ್ತರಸ" ಎಂಬ ಪದವು ಕಹಿ ಅಥವಾ ಕೆಟ್ಟ ಸ್ವಭಾವವನ್ನು ಸಹ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಿಸಬಹುದು, ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಮೌಖಿಕವಾಗಿ ಅಥವಾ ಬರಹದಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಿದಾಗ.
1. His heart ceased to beat, bile rose in his mouth and his stomach heaved.
2. I swallow hard, fighting down the bile and panic as I gaze at the blocks upon blocks of water-logged homes and the empty shopping centers and dead traffic lights.
3. It slid down her throat in a bitter rush, tasting like bile.
4. The thought of her being mauled to death by a massive dog had bile rising in the back of my throat.
5. Bile rose in my throat at the thought of what might come next.
6. I swallowed my own bile threatening to expel itself from my throat.
7. As soon as I understood, my stomach twisted, sending bile up my esophagus.
8. Gritting my teeth, I pushed the bile down and stared at the tongue in horror, as if it might come alive and yell at me to quit being a jackass and to hurry up.
9. An acidic bile rose in his throat and he vomited again, this time on a bookshelf to the side of the room.
10. If I can smell that over the bile on my dress, it must be really bad.