bite nails

Related to bite nails: Onychophagia

bite (one's) nails

1. Literally, to chew on one's fingernails and shorten them. I wish I didn't bite my nails, but it's been such a hard habit to try to break. My sister gets regular manicures to keep from biting her nails.

2. To nervously await something. I've been biting my nails ever since I submitted my application for my first-choice college.

bite one's nails

1. to use one's teeth to remove parts of one's fingernails as a means of shortening them. Stop biting your nails! Use clippers!

2. to literally bite one's nails from nervousness or anxiety; to be nervous or anxious. I spent all afternoon biting my nails, worrying about you. We've all been biting our nails from worry.

词组	bite nails
释义	bite nails Related to bite nails: Onychophagia bite (one's) nails 1. Literally, to chew on one's fingernails and shorten them. I wish I didn't bite my nails, but it's been such a hard habit to try to break. My sister gets regular manicures to keep from biting her nails. 2. To nervously await something. I've been biting my nails ever since I submitted my application for my first-choice college. See also: bite, nail Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. bite one's nails 1. to use one's teeth to remove parts of one's fingernails as a means of shortening them. Stop biting your nails! Use clippers! 2. to literally bite one's nails from nervousness or anxiety; to be nervous or anxious. I spent all afternoon biting my nails, worrying about you. We've all been biting our nails from worry. See also: bite, nail McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: bite (one's) nails bite one's nails bite your nails/fingernails fingernail hang on by (one's) fingernails cling on by (one's) fingernails break (one's) habit break a habit break a/the habit be (as) hard as nails
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