Mouthy Matchup Answers
- A kick in the teeth – A grave setback or disappointment, especially a betrayal
- A sweet tooth – A craving or strong fondness for sweet foods
- Bare your teeth – Display angry or violent intent
- Bite off more than you can chew – Take on more work or responsibility than you can handle
- Bite someone’s head off – To speak sharply and with great anger to someone
- Bite the dust – Fall on your face, fail or die
- Bite the hand that feeds you – Deliberately hurt or offend a benefactor
- Bite your tongue – Make a desperate effort to avoid saying something
- Bite-sized – Very small or short; literally can be eaten in one mouthful
- By the skin of your teeth – By a very narrow margin, barely
- Fight tooth and nail – Engage in vigorous combat or make a strenuous effort
- His bark is worse than his bite – The person’s actions will not be as severe as the things said
- Lie through your teeth – Tell an outright lie without remorse
- Long in the tooth – Getting on in years, old
- Put the bite on – Borrow or extort money from
- Scarce as hen’s teeth – Extremely difficult or impossible to find
- Set his teeth on edge – Cause someone to feel intense discomfort or irritation
- Sink your teeth into it – Perform the task with a great deal of enthusiasm and interest
- Take a bite out of – Reduce by a significant amount
- With a fine-tooth comb – Searching or investigating in minute detail