How to describe someone's immediate liking toward some negative activity?
For example, in the example below, I was told that "He took an instant liking to bullying" doesn't sound well:
When this class had just been formed, it turned out that Jeffrey was a head taller than anyone else in his class and much stronger at that. He took an instant liking to bullying his classmates - as if it were something natural for him. He has never stopped bullying his peers until this day!
So what would be the right way then?
My question was edited. The previous title was: ""to take an instant liking to" something - is this phrase possible in English?"
Here is how my question looked before:
Can I use such an expression as "to take an instant liking to" to describe someone's liking toward some activity or a thing at the very first exposure?
For example,
When this class had just been formed, it turned out that Jeffrey was a head taller than anyone else in his class and much stronger at that. He took an instant liking to bullying his classmates - as if it were something natural for him. He has never stopped bullying his peers until this day!
