• 2021.05.05
    星期三

Expression:Teeth

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【明報專訊】◆Get your teeth into sth

It means being involved in something that you are enthusiastic about.

e.g. Let's get our teeth into this rocket launching project!

◆bare one's teeth

To show an angry or violent reaction to against something or someone.

e.g. He suddenly bared his teeth when I brought up political issues.

◆Kick in the teeth

It means being treated badly and unfairly, even when you expect something good may happen.

e.g. She had expected the economy to grow robustly and swiftly this year, but the pandemic was a kick in the teeth.

■Glossary

enthusiastic (adj) 熱情的

expect (v) 預計

swiftly (adj) 快速的

[Smarties' Power English 第312期]

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