单词 | make one's mouth water |
释义 | make one's mouth waterCause one to eagerly anticipate or long for something, as in Those travel folders about Nepal make my mouth water. This metaphoric term alludes to salivating when one anticipates food and has been used figuratively since the mid-1600s, whether it refers to food, as in The sight of that chocolate cake made her mouth water, or not. Words nearby make one's mouth watermake one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's head spin, make one sick, make one's mark, make one's mouth water, make one's peace with, make one's point, make one's way, make-or-break, make out 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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