| 单词 | to teeth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto (one's) teeth b. to (one's) teeth, to the teeth of: intensive of ‘to one's face’; directly and openly; defiantly; also, so as directly to face, confront, or oppose. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > openly [phrase] not to (or at) laina1375 with (an) open facea1425 to (one's) teeth1542 to wash one's dirty linen at home, in public1867 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 319 Cicero mocked hir to the harde teeth with sembleyng that he graunted hir saiyng [etc.]. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Liv v Though I praise you to your teeth. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 55 That I liue and tell him to his teeth Thus didst thou. View more context for this quotation 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin iii. iii. 79 Which..plainly gives them the lye unto their Teeths. 1680 T. Otway Hist. Caius Marius i. 4 Now Rome's last Stake of Liberty is set, And must be pusht for to the Teeth of Fortune. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 189 The Foot.. coming close up to the Teeth of one another.. fought with great Resolution. < as lemmas |
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