单词 | sink one's teeth into |
释义 | sink one's teeth intoAlso, get one's teeth into. Become fully engaged in, as in He couldn't wait to sink his teeth into that problem. This metaphoric expression alludes to an animal biting vigorously into its prey. [Early 1900s] Words nearby sink one's teeth intosink in, sinking, sinking fund, sinking spell, sinkless, sink one's teeth into, sink or swim, sink through the floor, sinless, sinner, Sinn Fein 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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