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set one's teeth

verb as in grit one's teeth

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Example Sentences

It was a noise that set one’s teeth on edge and bristled the hair at the back of one’s neck.

Five different shades of red on the same hat are enough to set one's teeth on edge.

"It does set one's teeth on edge," agreed the chevalier.

Even the leathery, grim old face of Ned Saddler relaxed into a pleasant expression at the sound of it, though 'twas against his will to allow himself to show anything of happiness he felt; for he was much like a small, tart winter apple, wholesome and sound at heart, yet sour enough to set one's teeth on edge.

Examples of Hebrew idiom that have become English via the Bible include: "to set one's teeth on edge", "by the skin of one's teeth", "the land of the living" and "from strength to strength".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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