From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnot like the sound of somethingnot like the sound of somethingWORRIEDto feel worried by something that you have heard or read ‘There’s been a slight change in our plans.’ ‘I don’t like the sound of that.’ → sound
Examples from the Corpus
not like the sound of something• I just did not like the sound of this woman.• She did not like the sound of those words he was using.• "There's been a slight change in our plans." "I don't like the sound of that." 