| 单词 | to the teeth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto the teeth Phrases P1. in the teeth, in one's teeth. a. In direct (local) opposition or attack; in the teeth of, in direct opposition to, so as to face or confront, straight against. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > opposite [phrase] in the teeth1297 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > defiance to one's face, teethc1000 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 in the teeth1297 maugre a person's head (also beard, cheeks, eyes, heart, neck, teeth, will, etc.)c1325 maugre his nosec1325 despitec1380 in (the) maugre (of)c1450 in spite of (also maugre) a person's beard?1537 in the teeth of1792 malgré lui1796 the world > space > relative position > opposite position > opposite [preposition] > facing in the teeth of1833 aface of1859 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls.) 8404 Our lord..þe smoke þat hii made..Riȝt in hor owe teþ bigan hom euene sende. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades viii. 138 A Hector, who no lesse desires to meete them in the teeth. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 18 The Wind is right in our teeth. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War iii. x, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 837 Others..met the enemy in the teeth. 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 160 They..had run into the teeth of a heavy barge full of armed men. 1892 E. Lawless Grania II. 7 He..had run across in the teeth of the rising gale. b. in the teeth of, in direct and manifest opposition to, in defiance of, in spite of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > defiance to one's face, teethc1000 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 in the teeth1297 maugre a person's head (also beard, cheeks, eyes, heart, neck, teeth, will, etc.)c1325 maugre his nosec1325 despitec1380 in (the) maugre (of)c1450 in spite of (also maugre) a person's beard?1537 in the teeth of1792 malgré lui1796 1792 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 160 State necessity will be urged in the teeth of policy, humanity, and justice. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 280 In no civil case would a counsel have been permitted to plead his client's case in the teeth of the law. 1847 L. Hunt Jar of Honey (1848) x. 128 Why do you continue to live here, in the teeth of these repeated warnings? 1885 Law Times 13 June 113/1 A judge has no right to enter judgment in the teeth of the finding of a jury. c. in the teeth of, in the presence of, in the face of; usually implying hostility or danger; threateningly confronted by. ΚΠ 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 512 They were in fact in the very teeth of starvation. 1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. xxvii. 381 His post was in the teeth of danger. 1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps i The Carrier scarcely knew what to do in the teeth of so urgent a message. d. to cast (one) in the teeth with (something), later to cast (a thing) in one's teeth (see cast v. 65), †to hit (one) in the teeth with (obsolete), to throw in (one's) teeth: to reproach, upbraid, or censure with; to bring up in reproach against. (In quot. 1596 at Phrases 2 to throw in (one's) teeth = to send or direct defiantly against: cf. Phrases 1b, Phrases 3b.) Also in similar phrases expressing reproachful or defiant utterance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] > reproach with upbraida1250 undernimc1320 to lay to one's credit, reproachc1515 to cast (a thing) in one's teeth1526 to twit (a person) in the teeth1530 to hit (one) in the teeth with1535 to cast (also lay, throw) (something) in one's dish1551 to fling (anything) in one's teeth1587 to throw (thrust, fling, (etc.)) (something) in a person's face1597 to tit (a person) in the teeth1622 nose1625 exprobrate1630 puta1663 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xxvii. 44 The murtherers also that were crucified with him, cast the same in his tethe. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. sig. b ivv Take it not that I hit you here in the teeths with oure good turnes. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 147 Some..will not sticke to hit him in the teeth, that he was the sonne of [etc.]. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. ii. 42 To armes, for I haue throwne A braue defiance in king Henries teeth. View more context for this quotation 1614 J. Day Dyall Ep. Ded. sig. ¶3v Caius of Cambridge did twit vs in the teeth with some of our Founders here in Oxford that had beene themselues Cambridge Men. 1619 W. Whately Gods Husb. (1622) ii. 53 He giueth to all liberally, and hitteth no man in the teeth. 1640 Sir W. Boswell in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Misc. Lett. 27 The main things that they hit in our teeth are, our Bishops to be called Lords. 1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables xiii. 441 This neglect of family-devotions is often thrown in our teeth. a1821 J. Keats Otho iv. ii, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 181 In thy teeth I give thee back the lie! 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 441/2 Perpetually throwing in the teeth of the second wife the unrivalled virtues..of the first. P2. in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teeth: notwithstanding one's opposition or resistance; in spite of one, in defiance of one. Now rare exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > defiance to one's face, teethc1000 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 in the teeth1297 maugre a person's head (also beard, cheeks, eyes, heart, neck, teeth, will, etc.)c1325 maugre his nosec1325 despitec1380 in (the) maugre (of)c1450 in spite of (also maugre) a person's beard?1537 in the teeth of1792 malgré lui1796 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > however, nevertheless, notwithstanding though-whetherc897 nathelesseOE though971 whetherOE yetOE neverlOE what for-thyc1175 nethelessa1200 never the latterc1225 algatec1230 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 nought for thatc1275 (all) for noughtc1325 (in) spite of one's nosec1325 alway1340 thoughless1340 ne'er the later (also latter)a1382 ne'er the lessa1382 neverlatera1382 neverthelessa1382 ne for-thia1400 neverlessa1400 not-againstandinga1400 nauthelessc1400 nouthelessc1400 algatesc1405 noughtwithstanding1422 netherless?a1425 notwithstanding1425 nethertheless1440 not gainstandingc1440 not the lessa1450 alwaysa1470 howbeit1470 never þe quedera1475 nought the lessc1480 what reck?a1513 nonetheless1533 howsomever1562 after all1590 in spite of spite1592 meantime1594 notwithstand1596 withal1596 in the meanwhile1597 meanwhile1597 howsoever1601 in (one's) spite?1615 however1623 in the meantime1631 non obstante1641 at the same time1679 with a non-obstante to1679 stilla1699 the same1782 all the same1803 quand même1825 still and all1829 anyhow1867 anyway1876 still and ona1894 all the samey1897 just the same1901 but1939 c1230 Hali Meid. 47 He ȝarkeð þe unþonc hise teð þe blisse & te crune of cristes icorene. a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 5840 He..maugre þe teeþ of hem alle Sette his rigge to þe walle. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 86 He putte theym to flight, magre their teeth. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Eii A greate man kepeth certaine landes of hyrs from hyr, & wilbe hyr tenaunte in the spite of hyr tethe. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Pvi Spyte of there tethes wrestynge owt of theire handes the sure & vndowted victory. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 438 Compelling him..to be liberall in despite of his teeth. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 115/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Which perforce and maugre of his teeth compelled him to retire with shame. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. v. xv. 186 Constrained them spite of their teeths to depart the towne. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iv. ix. 103 Noble men which maugre thy teeth mount to authoritie. 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger iii, in Wks. (1716) II. 482 Let the People go whistle, they are their Feeders and Pastors in Spight of their Teeths. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vii. 32 [We] will go on with Law-suit in spite of John Bull's Teeth. 1835 Court Mag. 6 74/2 Pleasing herself before his very eyes, in spite of his teeth. P3. to the teeth. a. So as to be completely equipped; very fully or completely: in armed to the teeth; so entrenched up to their teeth. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] weaponedc1000 armedc1300 well-armedc1300 well-weaponeda1325 armed to the teethc1380 well-steeledc1390 warlikec1420 anarm1426 boden1429 well-harnesseda1450 geared1488 well-geared1488 well-boden1496 warly1508 enarmedc1540 burled1616 undisarmed1649 of (good) force1697 tooled up1959 weaponized1973 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2707 Þey wern y-armed in-to þe teþ & araid wel for þe fiȝt. 14.. Lybeaus Disc. 460 All yarmed to the teth. 1708 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 328 The French..are intrench't up to their teeth. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. xi. 43 Everybody in Spain travels armed to the 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. c. So as to be utterly committed; up to the teeth: heavily involved or absorbed. ΚΠ 1934 T. E. Lawrence Let. 8 June (1938) 805 At the moment we are all up to the teeth in 5 more target boats. 1974 Spartanburg (S. Carolina) Herald 25 Apr. a11/6 A young farmer who is starting out and he's mortgaged to the teeth at the bank would not look at it the same way. d. fed (up) to the (back) teeth: see fed to the (back) teeth at fed adj. 3. P4. a. tooth and nail (originally with tooth and nail) adverbial phr.: literal with the use of one's teeth and nails as weapons; by biting and scratching: almost always figurative, in the way of vigorous attack, defence, or action generally; vigorously, fiercely, with one's utmost efforts, with all one's might. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour mainc1400 vigorous1524 tooth and naila1535 robust1652 robustic1652 strenuous1671 lusty1672 vigorous1697 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > with all one's might (at, by, with) all one's mightOE by (also by one's) powerc1300 with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 at (also at all, after) one's power1384 upon one's powerc1400 to (the best of, the uttermost of, the extent of) one's power?a1425 tooth and naila1535 with tooth and naila1535 with both hands1549 with teeth and alla1600 horse and footc1600 with all one's force1677 for all it's worth1864 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xxii. sig. T.ii They would fayne kepe them as long as euer they mighte, euen with tooth and nayle. 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 16 Contending with tuith and naill (as in the prouerb). 1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 46v To perswade them tooth and naile, not to cleaue vnto that doctrine. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 51 M. Harding fighteth for it tooth and nail. 1651 N. Culpeper Astrol. Judgm. Dis. (1658) 118 He will helpe it forward with tooth and naile. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. xv. xi, in Wks. 431 Salome, and her Faction were Tooth and Nail for Dispatching her out of Hand. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 156 She flew in her Face Tooth and Nail. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 26 July (1941) 81 To-morrow I resume the Chronicles, tooth and nail. 1892 T. H. Huxley Let. 26 May in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) II. xviii. 312 I am ready to oppose any such project tooth and nail. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > with all one's might (at, by, with) all one's mightOE by (also by one's) powerc1300 with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 at (also at all, after) one's power1384 upon one's powerc1400 to (the best of, the uttermost of, the extent of) one's power?a1425 tooth and naila1535 with tooth and naila1535 with both hands1549 with teeth and alla1600 horse and footc1600 with all one's force1677 for all it's worth1864 a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie viii. vi. §2 Even with teeth and all they that favour the papal throne must hold the contrary. P5. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > be hungry [verb (intransitive)] > be starving starvelOE enfaimlec1475 to have cold at the teeth1484 to have the teeth cold1484 famish1535 to famish away1535 famine1553 starve1578 clem1600 affamish1622 a. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. xv Suche weren fayre gownes and fayr gyrdels of gold that haue theyr teeth cold at home. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv. xvii He that werketh not..shal haue ofte at his teeth grete cold. b. from the teeth forward(s) or outward(s) (also simply from one's teeth, and elliptical. teeth outward(s)): formally or feignedly, in profession but not in reality (opposed to from the heart). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [adverb] askancesc1450 hollowlya1547 from the teeth forward(s) or outward(s)1561 teeth outward(s)1561 unsincerelya1575 hollow1607 insincerely1625 fictly1677 with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek1842 phonily1936 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. ii. f. 3 That is but a laughter from the teeth forward, because inwardly the worme of conscience gnaweth them much more sharpely than al whose searyng yrons. 1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. G3 Manye of them like vs but from the teeth outward. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 267 They met..and from the teeth forwarde departed good friends againe. 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. lxxxviii. 459 They love not [one another], or but teeth outward. 1815 J. Hogg Let. 28 Feb. in J. G. Lockhart Life Sir W. Scott (1853) viii. 348 To be friends from the teeth forwards is common enough. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > be hypocritical [verb (intransitive)] Pharisee1598 hypocrise1680 to hide one's teetha1713 hypocrify1716 hypocritizea1734 Chadbandize1913 c. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 230 The Goaler..hid his Teeth,..putting on a shew of Kindness. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > be epicure [verb (intransitive)] epicurize1600 to love the tooth1610 to epicure it1628 to eat well1677 opsophagize1854 d. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 543 Meates..greatly sought for by these that love the tooth so well. 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. f. to show one's teeth: literal to uncover the teeth by withdrawing the lips from them, esp. as a beast in readiness for biting or attack; usually figurative to show hostility or malice, to behave in a threatening way. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > be hostile [verb (intransitive)] > show hostility to show one's teeth1615 aggress1951 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten [verb (intransitive)] > behave threateningly to show one's teeth1615 1615 J. Chamberlain in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 361 It were to no purpose to show our teeth unless we could bite. 1710 O. Sansom Acct. Life 330 He somewhat appeared at the Sessions at Wantage; shewing his Teeth in what he could; and thereby discovering what lodged in his Heart against us. 1725 E. Young Universal Passion: Satire I 2 When the Law shews her teeth, but dares not Bite. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. i. 5 Such Patriotism as snarls dangerously, and shows teeth. g. the teeth water: a variant of the mouth waters: see mouth n. 2c (? obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > secreting spec. > [verb (intransitive)] > secrete saliva > flow in mouth to make a person's mouth watera1586 the teeth water1600 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xxx. 269 At it their teeth water, that most goodly and beautifull cittie will they either destroy, or be LL. thereof themselves. 1693 Eng.–Lat. Dict. in A. Littleton Linguæ Romanæ dictionarium Tooth... It makes my teeth water. Salivam mihi movet. 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle v. i. 57 O my litlte [sic] Green Gooseberry, my Teeth waters at ye. 1879 [see teeth-watering n. at Compounds 2]. h. to get one's teeth into: to become engrossed in; to come to grips with, to begin serious work on. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something > resolutely or vigorously to sit in1736 strap1823 to get down1826 tackle1841 to buckle down (to)1865 to bite on1904 to wade into1904 to get stuck into1910 to get one's teeth into1935 to sink one's teeth into1935 to get stuck in1938 to get to grips with1947 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night i. 23 If one could work here steadily..getting one's teeth into something dull and durable. 1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze vi. 140 American eagerness to get their teeth into the enemy. 1983 G. Mitchell Cold, Lone, & Still x. 111 He's not the man to let go while he's got his teeth into a suspect. i. For other phrases see the words involved, asto take the bit in one's teeth (bit n.1 Phrases 1), to carry a bone in the teeth (bone n.1 Phrases 1h), colt's tooth (colt n.1 8), to cut one's teeth (cut v. 39), to set the teeth on edge (edge n. 4), to grind one's teeth (grind v.1 10), to have the run of one's teeth (run n.2 Phrases 5a), long in the tooth (long adj.1 and n.1 Phrases 3h), by or with the skin of one's teeth (skin n. Phrases 7), a sweet tooth (sweet adj.). For to lie in one's teeth, see 1c. < as lemmas |
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