get teeth into

Related to get teeth into: put teeth into, sink teeth into, get one's teeth into

get (one's) teeth into (something)

To start doing or become involved in something with one's utmost energy, determination, or enthusiasm. I'm always looking for a great book to get my teeth into. I'd like you to get your teeth into this new project I'm developing.

get one's teeth into something

and sink one's teeth into something; get one's teeth in; sink one's teeth in

Fig. to begin to do something; to get completely involved in something. I can't wait to get my teeth into that Wallace job. Here, sink your teeth into this and see if you can't manage this project. He'll find it easier when he sinks in his teeth.

get one's teeth into (something), to

To come to grips with something; to work energetically at something. Though the image of sinking one’s teeth into something is surely much older, the expression appears to come from the early twentieth century. In Dorothy Sayers’s wonderful mystery Gaudy Night (1935), one of the women says, “If one could work here . . . getting one’s teeth into something dull and durable.”

词组	get teeth into
释义	get teeth into Related to get teeth into: put teeth into, sink teeth into, get one's teeth into get (one's) teeth into (something) To start doing or become involved in something with one's utmost energy, determination, or enthusiasm. I'm always looking for a great book to get my teeth into. I'd like you to get your teeth into this new project I'm developing. See also: get, teeth Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. get one's teeth into something and sink one's teeth into something; get one's teeth in; sink one's teeth in Fig. to begin to do something; to get completely involved in something. I can't wait to get my teeth into that Wallace job. Here, sink your teeth into this and see if you can't manage this project. He'll find it easier when he sinks in his teeth. See also: get, teeth McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. get one's teeth into (something), to To come to grips with something; to work energetically at something. Though the image of sinking one’s teeth into something is surely much older, the expression appears to come from the early twentieth century. In Dorothy Sayers’s wonderful mystery Gaudy Night (1935), one of the women says, “If one could work here . . . getting one’s teeth into something dull and durable.” See also: get, teeth The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: get (one's) teeth into (something) get one’s teeth into something get your teeth into get your teeth into something get/sink your teeth into something sink (one's) teeth into (something) sink one’s teeth into something sink one's teeth into sink teeth into sink (one's) teeth in
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