get/sink (your) teeth into (something)

to start to do something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.

Up till then she'd only had small parts in films and nothing she could get her teeth into.

It's a really exciting project - I can't wait to sink my teeth into it.

• can't hold a candle to something else
• can't hold drink
• can't hold liquor
• can't hold their drink
• can't hold their liquor
• can't keep eyes off
• can't keep eyes off someone
• can't keep eyes off something
• can't keep hands off
• can't keep hands off someone
• can't keep your eyes off
• can't keep your eyes off someone
• can't keep your eyes off something
• can't keep your hands off
• can't keep your hands off someone
• can't make head nor tail of
• can't make head nor tail of something
• can't make head or tail of
• can't make head or tail of something
• can't put a foot wrong
• can't see beyond the end of nose
• can't see beyond the end of your nose
• can't see past the end of nose
• can't see past the end of your nose
• can't see the wood for the trees