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Originally Posted by Punchinello What does it mean to get sb's teeth out? Does it have to do with sex or something? Thank you very much. |
I've never heard of it. It could be a joke on the part of the writer; there is an idiom 'to get your teeth into something' - which means to start work with serious intent: 'I've been making a few notes for that essay, but I'm going to the library this evening to really get my teeth into it'.
So the writer could have meant the opposite of that.
But it all depends on context. Not so long ago (less than 100 years ago in the UK) dentistry was so painful that a common 21st birthday present was to be fitted with false teeth. After a day's work, a man might
take his teeth out and put them in a box. Then the door-bell might ring, and his wife might say 'Quick - get your teeth out'.
Or maybe it
is an idiom in some parts of the world...
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