The Idiom: - Meaning (in English)
Sample Sentence:
Turkish Equivalence:
- Armed to the teeth:To possess many weapons.
---The terrorists were armed to the teeth when they attacked to the land.
***Tepeden tırnağa donanımlı.
- As scarce as hen's teeth:Extremely rare.
---Computers were as scarce as hen's teeth in 1990s.
- Cut one's eyeteeth on(sth):To be an expert with much experience with sth.
***Bir konuda işinin ehli olmak
---Michael Phelps cut his eyeteeth on swimming and he has a lot of medals now.
- Eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth: It is a kind of punishment.If somebody hurts you,you can punish them in the same way.
---A lot of people in Turkey want an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth against the leader of terrorists.
***Göze göz dişe diş,kısasa kısas.
- Fight (sb or sth) tooth and nail:To combat against sb or sth with a great energy.
***Dişiyle tırnağıyla,var gücüyle mücadele etmek.
---Lots of people in Africa fight starvation tooth and nail,and especially children can't stand anymore.
- Give one's eye teeth(to do sth):To desire to do sth very much.
---I would give my eye teeth to be the president of Turkey when I was a child.
***Birşey yapmak için herşeyini verebilmek.
- Gnash one's teeth:To chatter one's teeth.
---I used to gnash my teeth while sleeping when I was a child.
***Diş gıcırdatmak
- Grit one's teeth:If you get angry,you grit your teeth.
---The chairman gritted his teeth when he learned that most of the members were opposed to his thoughts.
***Sinirden dişlerini sıkmak
- Have a sweet tooth: To be fond of eating sweet foods.
---Most of the children have a sweet tooth.They like eating chocolate and candy.
- Lie through one's teeth:To lie unhesitantly.
***Gözünün içine baka baka yalan söylemek.
---To win the election,the candidate lay through his teeth.
- Like pulling teeth:If there is very difficult to do,you say''like pulling teeth''while mentioning about it.
---It was like pulling to go there and find the house.
***Zorlu iş,çetin ceviz.
- Long in the tooth:To be old.
---The dog was feeling a little long in the tooth and it couln't even stand up.
- No skin off(someone's)teeth:If you has no interest,concern or trouble to somebody,you say''no skin off your teeth''.
***For example:Benim için hava hoş.
---It was no skin off our teeth whether he would stay with us or not.I wish you hadn't say him to go.
- Pull (sb's)tooth out:To pull sb's tooth.(It is made by dentists.)
---I went to the dentist and he said that there is no other choice except pulling my tooth out.
***Dişini Çekmek
- Put some teeth into(sth):To raise the power of sth.
---Our teacher's not coming to school set our teeth on edge.
***İçine kurt düşürmek
- Show one's teeth:If you show your teeth,you show your anger intentionally to sb.
---The president showed his teeth when he understood that one of the senators wanted to argue with him.
***Dişlerini göstermek
- Sink one's teeth into(sth):1)To have sth real to strugge with2)To bite a kind of food.
---After thinking despairingly,I was able to sink my teeth into the trouble and get rid of it.
---I sank my teeth into the pie and tool a huge bite.
- Teething problems:If you have experience a bad thing at the beginning of a project,you have a teething problem.
---The new idea will remove many teething problems.
- Go over sth with a fine-tooth comb:To look carefully to every part of a thing.
---My consultant went over my paper with a fine-tooth comb.
^^^^^^^^Also used in the form fine-tooth comb.^^^^^^^^
***İnce eleyip sık dokumak.
- Bit between one's teeth:To start with determination.
---He was a lazy student,But he took the bit between his teeth and now he is one of the most cleverest student in his class.
***Dört elle sarılmak
- To get one's teeth into sth:To pore over sth.
---We have an important exam,so we must get our teeth into.
- Better than a kick in the teeth:For example;sth happens which isn't very good.However it is better than the other bad things or nothing.
---I must confess that the robbery isn't good,but it is better than a kick in the teeth.
***Beterin beteri var
- Fed up to the back teeth:When we are fed up with sth,We are fed up to the back teeth.
---Last year,when I was atudying my lessons,I fed up tothe back teeth.
***Canından bezdirmek
- Kick in the teeth:If you learn sth bad or you experience sudden disappointment,It is called''Kick in the teeth''.
---His mother's sudden death kick in the teeth
***Başından kaynar sular dökülmek,birden dünyası kararmak.
- Through gritted teeth:To have to accept sth even if your will isn't appropriate for it.
---I did the housework through gritted teeth.
***Gönülsüzce,istemeye istemeye.
- Cast sth in a person's teeth:If you angry with somebody and want to make them know,you cast sth in a person's teeth.
---We casted sth in her teeth after she shouted at us.
- Escape by the skin of one's teeth:To escape from a narrow place.
---When I understood that he was tryin to make me be desperate,I escaped by the skin or his teeth.
- In the teeth of:Despite danger.
---I will save you in the teeth of death.
- Have teeth:If a law etc.has teeth,It means that it has a power to make people obey it.
---The new regulation has teeth not to smoke inside areas.
***Yetki sahibi olmak.
- Sharp-toothed/saw-toothed/fine-toothed:Having a sharp part on the edge on sth.
---There is a sharp-tooth on it ,but I don't know why.
- Toothsome:We say this word to describe food which tastes good.
---The meal which He cooked for us was toothsome.
***Leziz.
- Cut a tooth:If one of a tooth of a child grows,we say ''cut a tooth'about it.
---One of his nephews is cutting a tooth and he will be bad-tempered for a while.
***Diş çıkarmak.
- Wisdom tooth:The last for teeth in our mouth which usually grow later than our other teeth.
---I will have to cut one of my wisdom tooth if there won't be another choice.
SOURCES:
idioms.thefreedictionary.com
idiomsite.com
usingenglish.com
idiomconnection.com
Thesaurus dictionary
Oxford dictionary
Collin's cobuilt dictionary
Longman dictionary
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