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eyetooth
[ ahy-tooth ]
noun
- Dentistry. a canine tooth of the upper jaw: so named from its position under the eye.
eyetooth
/ 藢补瑟藞迟耻藧胃 /
noun
- either of the two canine teeth in the upper jaw
- give one's eyeteeth forto go to any lengths to achieve or obtain (something)
I'd give my eyeteeth for a radio as good as that
Idioms and Phrases
- cut one's eyeteeth,
- to gain sophistication or experience; become worldly-wise.
- Also cut one's eyeteeth on. to be initiated or gain one's first experience in (a career, hobby, skill, etc.).
- give one's eyeteeth, to give something one considers very precious, usually in exchange for an object or situation one desires:
She would give her eyeteeth for that job.
Example Sentences
The regiment earned renown for leading thousands of men in the July 18, 1863, storming of Fort Wagner, an eyetooth in the jaw of defenses around Charleston Harbor.
I remind them that their grandparents would have given their eyeteeth for the vaccines they blithely shrug off.
Her teeth were large and crooked, eyeteeth missing.
It was a fitting image for the way Junchang lived鈥攂oth whimsical and up to his eyeteeth in work.
鈥淭hat boost in the memory system is something that many of us in neuroscience would give our eyeteeth to achieve,鈥 he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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