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Definition: IN THE TEETH |
IN THE TEETH1. Directly; in direct opposition; in front. ``Nor strive with all the tempest in my teeth.'' --Pope. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Defiance | Adverb: in defiance of, in the teeth of; under one's very nose. |
Difficulty | Adverb: with difficulty, with much ado; barely, hardly; Adjective: uphill; against the stream, against the grain; d rebours; invita Minerva; in the teeth of; at a pinch, upon a pinch; at long odds, against long odds. |
Opposition | In spite, in despite, in defiance; in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of; across; athwart, overthwart; where the shoe pinches; in spite of one's teeth. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Thus, we in the free world are moving steadily toward unity and cooperation, in the teeth of that old Bolshevik prophecy, and at the very time when extraordinary rumbles of discord can be heard across the Iron Curtain. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "IN THE TEETH": in the teeth of ♦ in the teeth of the wind ♦ To cast in the teeth. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "IN THE TEETH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me gjithë (in despite of, in the teeth of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | navzdory (after, despite, in spite of, in the teeth of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | על אף (although, despite, even though, in spite of, in the teeth of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pofán rúgás (kick in the teeth), meglepetés (astonishment, jolt, kick in the eye, kick in the pants, kick in the teeth, revelation, surprise), kellemetlen esemény (kick in the eye, kick in the teeth), fejbe rúgás (kick in the teeth), ellenére (despite, in spite of, in the teeth of, notwithstanding, with). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inay ethay eethtay în contra vântului (in the teeth of the wind), împotriva vântului (in the teeth of the wind, in the wind's eye). (various references) наперекор (athwart, in the teeth of). (various references) uprkos (despite, nevertheless, notwithstanding, spite: in spite of, tooth: in the teeth of). (various references) en desafío de (in the teeth of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-h-i-n-t-t-t" | |
-4 letters: ethene, teethe, tentie, theine. | |
-5 letters: teeth, tenet, tenth, thein, thine, tithe. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4E 54 48 45 54 45 45 54 48 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001110 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010100 01000101 01000101 01010100 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I N   T H E   T E E T H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004E 0054 0048 0045 0054 0045 0045 0054 0048 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4348254423925439395442 |
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