| 单词 | in the teeth of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the teeth of a. In direct (local) opposition or attack; in the teeth of, in direct opposition to, so as to face or confront, straight against. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > opposite [phrase] in the teeth1297 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > defiance to one's face, teethc1000 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 in the teeth1297 maugre a person's head (also beard, cheeks, eyes, heart, neck, teeth, will, etc.)c1325 maugre his nosec1325 despitec1380 in (the) maugre (of)c1450 in spite of (also maugre) a person's beard?1537 in the teeth of1792 malgré lui1796 the world > space > relative position > opposite position > opposite [preposition] > facing in the teeth of1833 aface of1859 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls.) 8404 Our lord..þe smoke þat hii made..Riȝt in hor owe teþ bigan hom euene sende. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades viii. 138 A Hector, who no lesse desires to meete them in the teeth. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 18 The Wind is right in our teeth. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War iii. x, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 837 Others..met the enemy in the teeth. 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 160 They..had run into the teeth of a heavy barge full of armed men. 1892 E. Lawless Grania II. 7 He..had run across in the teeth of the rising gale. in the teeth of b. in the teeth of, in direct and manifest opposition to, in defiance of, in spite of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > defiance to one's face, teethc1000 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 in the teeth1297 maugre a person's head (also beard, cheeks, eyes, heart, neck, teeth, will, etc.)c1325 maugre his nosec1325 despitec1380 in (the) maugre (of)c1450 in spite of (also maugre) a person's beard?1537 in the teeth of1792 malgré lui1796 1792 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 160 State necessity will be urged in the teeth of policy, humanity, and justice. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 280 In no civil case would a counsel have been permitted to plead his client's case in the teeth of the law. 1847 L. Hunt Jar of Honey (1848) x. 128 Why do you continue to live here, in the teeth of these repeated warnings? 1885 Law Times 13 June 113/1 A judge has no right to enter judgment in the teeth of the finding of a jury. in the teeth of c. in the teeth of, in the presence of, in the face of; usually implying hostility or danger; threateningly confronted by. ΚΠ 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 512 They were in fact in the very teeth of starvation. 1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. xxvii. 381 His post was in the teeth of danger. 1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps i The Carrier scarcely knew what to do in the teeth of so urgent a message. < as lemmas |
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