单词 | to set one's teeth |
释义 | > as lemmasto set one's teeth to set one's teeth: see tooth n.extracted from setv.1to set one's teeth e. to set one's teeth: to press or clench one's teeth firmly together from indignation, or fixed resolution as in facing danger, opposition, or difficulty; hence figurative or allusively; see also set v.1 95. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. i. 15 Now set the Teeth, and stretch the Nosthrill wide. View more context for this quotation 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode Epil. You..set your teeth when each design fell short. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. ix. 230 ‘If this should prove truth,’ said the Duke, setting his teeth, and pressing his heel against the ground. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xxxvii. 37 She set her teeth when she thought of Arthur: she cursed him. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 350 Her teeth were set hard, and her brow was knit. < as lemmas |
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