单词 | to the teeth |
释义 | to the teethCompletely, fully, as in Obviously new to skiing, they were equipped to the teeth with the latest gear. This idiom dates from the late 1300s. Also see armed to the teeth; fed to the gills. Also, up to the or one's teeth. Fully committed, as in We're in this collaboration up to our teeth. [First half of 1900s] Both of these hyperbolic usages allude to being fully covered or immersed in something up to one's teeth. Words nearby to the teethto the manner born, to the nines, to the nth degree, to the point, tother, to the teeth, to the tune of, to the victor belong the spoils, to the wall, toti-, totidem verbis The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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