to the teeth

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to the teeth

To the greatest degree or extent; extremely, completely, or utterly. I know it takes me a long time getting ready, but nothing feels better than being dressed to the teeth for a night out on the town. Everyone in the bar was armed to the teeth, so we felt a little bit nervous sitting down for a drink in there. I have to say, I'm fed up to the teeth with all the people littering on campus!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

to the teeth

1. Completely, fully, as in Obviously new to skiing, they were equipped to the teeth with the latest gear. This idiom dates from the late 1300s. Also see armed to the teeth; fed to the gills.
2. Also, up to the or one's teeth . Fully committed, as in We're in this collaboration up to our teeth. [First half of 1900s] Both of these hyperbolic usages allude to being fully covered or immersed in something up to one's teeth.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

to the teeth

Lacking nothing; completely: armed to the teeth; dressed to the teeth.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • hilt
  • have (someone) at (one's) mercy
  • have somebody at your mercy
  • have someone cold
  • have (one) cold
  • not know if (one) is afoot or on horseback
  • hate somebody's guts
  • hate someone’s guts
  • hate someone's guts
References in periodicals archive
Injuries to the teeth will happen most often when children are playing in either an organized sporting activity or during casual play with their friends.
Any child or adult who is engaged in organized sporting activities which may result in contact with another athlete during the activity should wear a mouth guard to prevent injuries to the teeth and supporting soft tissues.
The primary function is to prevent injury to the teeth, temporomandibular joints and soft tissues; even more important, it has been demonstrated that concussion injuries to the brain can be prevented by wearing a mouth guard.
Sports injury prevention and trauma. (Part XIII)
For example, with veneers, a shell of porcelain is bonded to the teeth and because it is so thin, the tooth itself doesn't require much shaping or filing.
Turn back the clock on your smile
No one knows whether phytoliths routinely attach to the teeth of living animals, says Mark Teaford of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Tooth analysis may decipher prehistoric diets
Judging from the shallow roots to the teeth and the shape of the notches, Mitchell says the whale could not have eaten by gripping, piercing or tearing its prey.
Ancient whale smiled like a sieve