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词组 gnash your teeth
释义
Idiom
gnash your teethgnash (your) teeth
to show you are angry or annoyed about something bad that you cannot do anything to stop.
His advisers are gnashing their teeth in frustration because he refuses to attack his opponent on foreign policy issues.
Usage notes: also used in the form gnashing of teeth:
The first test-tube baby was born in 1978, to considerable gnashing of teeth.
Because we do not have a HW "gnashing," it makes sense to include it here under the verb, even tho it is slightly more common; there is often a slightly humorous tone to this use, but not enough, I think, to label--SL, 2/03
idiomgnash your teeth(also wail, cry, weep etc and gnash your teeth)to be very angry and upset, sometimes used humorously:We were suggesting environmental taxes fifteen years ago, it makes us gnash our teeth that we don't get the credit for that now that everyone wants them.I am not advocating a general wailing and gnashing of teeth, but it would be good if people were better at expressing their emotions.teeth-gnashing: AmE After all the demonstrations and teeth-gnashing surrounding the abortion issue, surprisingly little legislation has been passed.

gnash (one's) teeth

To lash out in anger. The boss will definitely start gnashing his teeth once he hears about this printing mishap.

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.

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.

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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