to have one's eyeteeth (about one) and variants: to be shrewd, capable, or mentally alert. Cf. to have one's wits about one at wit, n. 3c. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > be or remain awake [verb (intransitive)] > or alert (2) to have one's eyeteeth (about one)1713 to have one's eyeteeth (about one) and variants: to be shrewd, capable, or mentally alert. Cf. to have one's wits about one at wit, n. 3c. Obsolete. to be a (full) wake-up1930 to be a (full) wake-up (also, of several persons, to be wake-ups): to be alert or wide awake (literal and figurative). Often const. to. Australian… |
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