take it badly

If you’re confident Maria would take it badly, then your decision is Maria or James.

My parents did take it badly, which I was bracing myself for.

But differences remain on whether the fund should be based on loans or grants; if the proposal stumbles, markets will take it badly.

However, my mother will take it badly if I don’t go, and my father would appreciate me not upsetting my mother.

“Yes, it is difficult. Hard, perhaps. Very much. But you must not take it badly to yourself, my young friend.”