| 词汇 | gnash teeth |
| 释义 | Idiom gnash teethgnash (your) teeth to show you are angry or annoyed about something bad that you cannot do anything to stop.His advisers are gnashing their teeth in frustration because he refuses to attack his opponent on foreign policy issues. Usage notes: also used in the form gnashing of teeth: The first test-tube baby was born in 1978, to considerable gnashing of teeth. Because we do not have a HW "gnashing," it makes sense to include it here under the verb, even tho it is slightly more common; there is often a slightly humorous tone to this use, but not enough, I think, to label--SL, 2/03 gnash (one's) teethTo lash out in anger. The boss will definitely start gnashing his teeth once he hears about this printing mishap. gnash one's teethFig. to grind or bite noisily with one's teeth. Bill clenched his fists and gnashed his teeth in anger. The wolf gnashed its teeth and chased after the deer. gnash one's teethExpress a strong emotion, usually rage, as in When Jonah found out he was not going to be promoted, he gnashed his teeth. This expression is actually redundant, since gnash means "to strike the teeth together." Edmund Spenser used it in The Faerie Queene (1590): "And both did gnash their teeth." [Late 1500s] gnash one's teeth, toTo express one’s anger or frustration. This term, dating from the late sixteenth century, is redundant, since to gnash means “to strike the teeth together.” Today the verb is practically always figurative (no one actually strikes the teeth together) and is never heard except in this cliché. The King James Bible of 1611 has it: “But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 8:12). |
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