单词 | gnasher of teeth |
释义 | > as lemmasgnasher of teeth 1. More fully gnasher of teeth. A person who engages in gnashing or grinding of the teeth, esp. because of anger or anxiety; (figurative) a person who is (excessively) agitated or fretful about something.Frequently with allusion to biblical use of the phrase gnashing of teeth; cf. quot. 1535 at gnashing n. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Grinceur, an angry gnasher of the teeth. 1820 Let. 13 Sept. in Lett. of Julius (1821) I. 106 They..shall have joined the crew of weepers and wailers and gnashers of teeth. 1847 Gospel Standard Apr. 109 God says to him, ‘My son!’ And man, though he gnash against such with his teeth, yet let such gnashers take heed lest God cut them off at a blow and send them to hell at a stroke. a1861 E. B. Browning in Contemp. Rev. (1874) 23 453 Oh—you are a gnasher of teeth in criticism, I see! 1920 Musical Q. 6 107 The attitude of the gnashers of teeth appeared the more ridiculous in the light of the complete success of the work. 1935 J. H. Wallis Politician v. 73 There has been much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth by those who have felt that the powerful minorities were selfishly getting the better of the unorganized and undefended people as a whole—or, really, causing expense to the weeping, wailing gnashers. 2005 National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing (Canada) (Nexis) 20 Dec. fp17 There is much gnashing of teeth about Canada's declining influence in the WTO, former trade minister Roy Maclaren being the latest gnasher. < as lemmas |
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