| 单词 | in the teeth of |
| 释义 | in the teeth ofStraight into, confronting, as in The ship was headed in the teeth of the gale. [Late 1200s] In opposition to or defiance of, as in She stuck to her position in the teeth of criticism by the board members. [Late 1700s] Also see fly in the face of. Facing danger or threats, as in The tribe was in the teeth of starvation. [Early 1800s] Words nearby in the teeth ofin the short run, in the soup, In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love, in the street, in the swim, in the teeth of, in the throes, in the twinkling of an eye, in the unlikely event, in the wake of, in the way 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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