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biters n. the teeth.My biters need a little work.I gotta get my biters to the dentist while there are still a few left. China n. the teeth.I spent a damn fortune trying to get this China fixed up.If you would brush your China every day, you'd be okay. choppers n. the teeth.I may be on my last legs, but my choppers are still my own.That horse has a nice set of choppers. crockery n. the teeth.I gotta go to the dentist for some work on my crockery.Is that your own crockery? ivories n. the teeth.I gotta go brush my ivories.Look at those nice white ivories! railroad tracks n. dental braces.I can't smile because of these railroad tracks.My railroad tracks cost nearly $1,200. snappers n. the teeth. (Folksy.)I couldn't talk to you on the phone till I got my snappers in.You got a mouthful of fine-looking snappers. tinsel-teeth n. a nickname for someone who wears dental braces. (Also a rude nickname.)Tinsel-teeth is having a hard time talking.Well, tinsel-teeth, today's the day your braces come off.
teeth noun cocaine; crack cocaine. From the resemblance of the drug to small teeth US, 1994. ► my back teeth are floatingI am desperate to urinate UK, 2001
TEETH (in doctors' shorthand) tried everything else, try homeopathy. Medical slang UK, 2003
idiomteeth► you would give your eye teeth to do sthbe armed to the teethto possess a lot of weapons:Both sides are armed to the teeth and the chances of peace appear remote.I agree that we must not support such governments by arming them to the teeth, but we have no right to attempt to keep arms from them.cut your teeth on sthif a young person cuts his or her teeth on a particular piece or type of work, that is the first work that they do, from which they learn to do their job:We were hoping to employ new writers who needed the chance to cut their teeth on something challenging.Carson and his fellow actors had all cut their teeth on Shakespeare.NoteWe say that a baby is cutting its teeth when they begin to appear in its mouth for the first time. be fed up to the back teeth (with sth) BrEBrE(also be sick to the back teeth of sth)spoken used in order to say that you are extremely annoyed or bored with a situation that you have been in for a long time:A lot of people I talk to are fed up to the back teeth with traffic jams, and say they will support the proposals for the new road.I'm sick to the back teeth of Man United hype - it's nice to see Leeds win for a change.get/sink your teeth into sthto begin working hard at something that interests you and uses all your ability:The newspapers haven't had a good scandal to get their teeth into for two months.Bob accepted the role because he wanted to sink his teeth into good British drama.This new research project would give you something to sink your teeth into, you know.gnash 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.grind your teeth BrEBrEto be very annoyed but not fully express what you feel, for example because you have to accept an unpleasant situation:Grinding her teeth in frustration, Claudia sat down and said nothing more.The documentary was full of the kind of convincing half-truths that experienced administrators grind their teeth over.grit your teethto be determined to continue doing something even though you find it very difficult:Walsh had no liking for Gage but, gritting his teeth, he let him take control.If you grit your teeth and wait, you'll see that most teenagers turn out as reasonable human beings.sth has teeth BrEBrEused in order to say that an organization or law has enough power to make people obey it:The audit scheme has teeth, accountants who do not meet its requirements will not get professional registration.The UN should be careful; if the war crimes tribunal is revealed to have no teeth, potential offenders may feel free to act as they like.sb lies through his/her teethused in order to emphasize that someone is saying something that is completely untrue, without being embarrassed or ashamed:The police say that we attacked them, but they're lying through their teeth.They make it so hard to claim state benefits - you have to lie through your teeth just to get what you're entitled to.sth is like pulling teeth AmEAmEused in order to say that something is very difficult to do:When I asked Richard for a raise, it was like pulling teeth, you know.Sometimes it's so easy to win ball games, and sometimes it's like pulling teeth. —see also be like getting blood out of a stonerare/scarce as hen's teeth BrEBrEold-fashioned used in order to say that something is extremely rare:These days, good cornet players are as rare as hen's teeth.set your teeth on edge1 if something that you hear, taste, or smell sets your teeth on edge, it gives you an uncomfortable feeling because it is very unpleasant:The young mangoes were so sour they set our teeth on edge - but we still ate them.The saw grated against the bars with a sound that set my teeth on edge.2 used in order to say that a situation or someone's behaviour is unpleasant and gives you an uncomfortable feeling:He never looked at me, and spoke with an insincere politeness that set my teeth on edge.Jenny and Sam were always whispering together, and it set my teeth on edge.show your teethto let someone see your anger or strength, in order to warn them not to start an argument or fight:At this point the government must either show its teeth, or give up the idea of trying to regulate the industry.Don't keep trying to please everybody - show your teeth in a firm but polite way, and make it clear what your priorities are.
See:- (as) rare as hens' teeth
- (as) scarce as hens' teeth
- a kick in the teeth
- arm to the teeth
- armed to the teeth
- as old as my eyes and a little (bit) older than my teeth
- bare (one's) teeth
- bare one's teeth
- bare your teeth
- be armed to the teeth
- be as scarce as hen's teeth
- be fed up to the back teeth
- be no skin off (one's) teeth
- by the skin of (one's) teeth
- by the skin of one's teeth
- by the skin of teeth
- by the skin of your teeth
- cast in (one's) teeth
- cast something in someone's teeth
- cut (one's) teeth
- cut (one's) teeth in (something)
- cut (one's) teeth on (something)
- cut (one's) wisdom teeth
- cut one's teeth on
- cut one's teeth on, to
- cut teeth
- cut teeth on
- cut your teeth
- cut your teeth on something
- do something by the skin of your teeth
- dressed to the nines
- dressed to the teeth
- drop (one's) teeth
- drop one’s teeth
- drop teeth
- fed to the gills
- fed to the teeth
- fed up to the back teeth
- fed up to the back teeth (with someone or something)
- fed up to the back teeth with somebody/something
- fed up to the teeth
- fight tooth and nail
- fly in the face of
- fly in the teeth of
- get (one's) teeth into (something)
- get one’s teeth into something
- get one's teeth into (something), to
- get teeth into
- get the bit between (one's) teeth
- get the bit between your teeth
- get your teeth into
- get your teeth into something
- get/sink your teeth into something
- get/take the bit between your teeth
- give (one's) eye teeth for (something)
- give eyeteeth
- give one's eyeteeth
- give teeth to
- give teeth to (something)
- give your eye teeth for
- give your eye teeth for something/to do something
- gnash (one's) teeth
- gnash one's teeth
- gnash one's teeth, to
- gnash teeth
- gnash your teeth
- gnashing of teeth
- grind (one's) teeth
- grind together
- grind your teeth
- grit (one's) teeth
- grit one's teeth
- grit one's teeth, to
- grit teeth
- grit your teeth
- have teeth
- have the bit in (one's) teeth
- hell's teeth
- hens' teeth
- in the face of (something)
- in the teeth of
- in the teeth of (something)
- in the teeth of danger, opposition, etc.
- kick (one) in the teeth
- kick in the pants, a
- kick in the seat of the pants
- kick in the teeth
- kick somebody in the teeth
- kick someone in the teeth
- lie through (one's) teeth
- lie through one's teeth
- lie through one's teeth, to
- lie through teeth
- lie through your teeth
- like pulling teeth
- make (one's) teeth itch
- no skin off (one's) teeth
- no skin off teeth
- pull or teeth
- pull teeth
- put (someone's) teeth on edge
- put some teeth into
- put teeth in(to) (something)
- rare as hen's teeth
- rare/scarce as hen's teeth
- rarer than hens' teeth
- scarce as hen's teeth
- scarcer than hens' teeth
- set (one's) teeth
- set (one's) teeth on edge
- set one's teeth on edge
- set one's teeth on edge, to
- set somebody's teeth on edge
- set someone's teeth on edge
- set teeth on edge
- set your teeth
- set your teeth on edge
- show (one's) teeth
- show teeth
- show your teeth
- sink (one's) teeth into (something)
- sink one’s teeth into something
- sink one's teeth into
- sink one's teeth into, to
- sink teeth into
- skin of your teeth
- sow dragon's teeth
- take the bit between (one's) teeth
- take the bit between the teeth, to
- take the bit in (one's) teeth
- take the bit in one's mouth
- take the bit in teeth
- take the teeth out of
- The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth
- tinsel-teeth
- to the teeth
- would give your eye teeth
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