put (one's) teeth on edge

1. To greatly irritate or annoy one, especially to the point of affecting their nerves. (A less common variant of "set one's teeth on edge.") Nothing puts my teeth on edge like seeing these damn cyclists run every red light in town! I don't know what it is about Terry, but there's something about his demeanor that just puts my teeth on edge!

2. To cause one to be upset, nervous, or uncomfortable. Please don't tell me about your surgery—it puts my teeth on edge hearing about blood and gore!

词组	put (one's) teeth on edge
释义	put (one's) teeth on edge put (one's) teeth on edge 1. To greatly irritate or annoy one, especially to the point of affecting their nerves. (A less common variant of "set one's teeth on edge.") Nothing puts my teeth on edge like seeing these damn cyclists run every red light in town! I don't know what it is about Terry, but there's something about his demeanor that just puts my teeth on edge! 2. To cause one to be upset, nervous, or uncomfortable. Please don't tell me about your surgery—it puts my teeth on edge hearing about blood and gore! See also: edge, on, put, teeth Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: make (one's) teeth itch grind (someone's) gears drive (one) crazy drive crazy drive someone crazy drive (someone) buggy raise (one's) hackles raise one's hackles raise someone's hackles make (someone's) hackles rise
随便看	as much as (one's) life is worth as much as somebody can/could do to do something as much as the traffic will bear as much chance as a wax cat in hell as much fun as a barrel of monkeys as much use as a chocolate fireguard a snack (as) naked as a jaybird as naked as the day (one) was born a snake in (one's) bosom a snake in the grass a snap a sneak preview as near as dammit (as) neat as a pin (as) neat as ninepence (as) nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs (as) nice as ninepence a snowball's chance in hell a snow job (as) nutty as a fruitcake as nutty as a fruitcake a sobering thought (as) obstinate as a mule a sob story