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armed to the teeth

fully armed, having many weapons The robbers were armed to the teeth when they robbed the bank.

as scarce as hen's teeth

rare, uncommon, not many of them Country doctors are as scarce as hen's teeth.

back teeth are floating

have to urinate, need to pee Please watch for a rest room. My back teeth are floating.

by the skin of one's teeth

barely succeed in doing something.

by the skin of their teeth

by a little, barely He won the election by one vote, by the skin of his teeth.

cut my teeth on

learned as a young person, learned as I grew up Yes, I can tie a bow knot. I cut my teeth on string and ropes.

dressed to the nines (teeth)

dressed elegantly They were dressed to the nines when they went to the opening of the new theater production.

give my eye teeth

give something valuable, give my right arm Does he like me? I'd give my eye teeth to know if he likes me.

gnashing of teeth

anger, complaining When the hospital closed, there was much gnashing of teeth.

scarce as hen's teeth

not many of them, few or none Rural doctors are scarce as hen's teeth. Doctors like the city life.

gnash (one's) teeth

To appear or baste out in anger. The bang-up will absolutely alpha gnashing his teeth already he hears about this press mishap.Learn more: gnash, teeth

gnash one's teeth

Fig. to bullwork or chaw audibly with one's teeth. Bill clenched his fists and gnashed his teeth in anger. The wolf gnashed its teeth and chased afterwards the deer.Learn more: gnash, teeth

gnash one's teeth

Express a able emotion, usually rage, as in When Jonah begin out he was not activity to be promoted, he gnashed his teeth. This announcement is absolutely redundant, back gnash agency "to bang the teeth together." Edmund Spenser acclimated it in The Faerie Queene (1590): "And both did gnash their teeth." [Late 1500s] Learn more: gnash, teeth

gnash one's teeth, to

To accurate one’s acrimony or frustration. This term, dating from the backward sixteenth century, is redundant, back to gnash means “to bang the teeth together.” Today the verb is about consistently allegorical (no one absolutely strikes the teeth together) and is never heard except in this cliché. The King James Bible of 1611 has it: “But the accouchement of the commonwealth shall be casting out into alien darkness; there shall be complaining and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 8:12).Learn more: gnash

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gnash teeth イディオム

armed to the teeth

as scarce as hen's teeth

back teeth are floating

by the skin of one's teeth

by the skin of their teeth

cut my teeth on

dressed to the nines (teeth)

give my eye teeth

gnashing of teeth

scarce as hen's teeth

gnash (one's) teeth

gnash one's teeth

gnash one's teeth

gnash one's teeth, to

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