| 单词 | to set a person's teeth on water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set a person's teeth on water (e) †to set a person's teeth on water and variants: to cause a person's mouth to water (literal and figurative). Cf. water v. 7. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > have (good) appetite [verb (intransitive)] > excite appetite to make a person's mouth watera1586 to set a person's teeth on water1591 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. A2v The horse was so faire and lustie, wel proportioned, of a high crest,..which set the Priggars teeth a water to haue him. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Tutto in sapore, louing earnestly, euen till ones teeth run a water. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. xi. 481 Their rich plate set their enemies teeth on water. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iii. 74 He delighted it seemed, to eate that which was good, and rare before us, purposely to set our teeth on water [Fr. de nous faire enrager d'enuie]. < as lemmas |
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