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Special Expressions with Body Parts: Special Expressions with Body Parts (#9)

Dennis Oliver
expressions with
tooth 
and teeth

Here are some more common idioms and expressions with
body parts. This time they use tooth and teeth:


expression

meaning
armed to the teeth heavily armed with
a variety of weapons
escape by the skin
of one's teeth
escape very narrowly;
very nearly not escape
fight tooth and nail fight with all one's strength
get one's teeth into
(a job or task)
do a job with strong
interest, concentration,
and effort
go over something with
a fine-toothed comb
examine something
very closely and carefully
have a sweet tooth like sweet food very much
in the teeth of in direct and full
opposition to
lie in / through
one's teeth
lie completely and
without shame
long in the teeth old


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