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one's teeth water

one's teeth water phrase: one salivates or is visibly hungry or (figurative) eager for something.

Phrase

one's teeth water

  1. (dated) One salivates or is visibly hungry or (figurative) eager for something.
    • Now his teeth watered as he saw the mad-looking woman apparently gulp down that which, from the fragrance it emitted, could be nothing less than the most potent kind of the beverage he loved.1828, Michael Banim, The Croppy, volume 2, page 216

Questions about one's teeth water

What does one's teeth water mean?
One's teeth water means one salivates or is visibly hungry or (figurative) eager for something.
What part of speech is one's teeth water?
One's teeth water is a phrase.

Words near one's teeth water in the dictionary

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  6. one's teeth water
  7. one's time is one's own
  8. one's turn in the barrel
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  10. one's word is law
  11. one-act

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