gnash your teeth
gnash (one's) teeth
To erupt or lash out in anger. The boss will definitely start gnashing his teeth once he hears about this printing mishap.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
gnash your teeth
COMMON If someone gnashes their teeth, they show their anger or annoyance about something. If Blythe heard that piece on the radio, I bet he was gnashing his teeth. He naturally gnashes his teeth over the growing number of lawsuits that have made doing business in America increasingly expensive and difficult.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
gnash your teeth
feel or express anger or fury.The gnashing of teeth, along with weeping or wailing, is used throughout the Bible to express a mixture of remorse and rage (for example, in Matthew 8:12: ‘But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth’).
1998 Times Prepare yourself for the usual wailing and gnashing of teeth after tomorrow's retail price index figures.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
gnash your ˈteeth
feel very angry and upset about something, especially because you cannot get what you want: He’ll be gnashing his teeth when he hears that we lost the contract.The basic meaning of gnash your teeth is to bite or grind them together.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
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