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.

• straight-arrow
• straighten out
• straighten someone out
• straighten something out
• straighten up
• straighten up something
• straight-faced
• straight from the horse's mouth
• straight-from-the-shoulder
• straight from the shoulder
• straight shooter
• straight up
• strain every nerve
• strangely enough
• straw in the wind
• straw that breaks the camel's back
• street smarts
• stretch legs
• stretch the rules
• keep a weather eye on something
• keep body and soul together
• keep both feet on the ground
• keep cards close to chest
• keep cards close to your chest
• keep chin up