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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUT ONE'S TEETH ON»
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cut one's teeth on and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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cut one's teeth trj i M: /f (Your child is cutting teeth. fotft&T- JilES tfeJf ' ) to cut
one's teeth on ! Pttttt* (ftSfr^fi) 'As an actor, he cut his teeth on lighter tone tooth
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Grand Dictionnaire Hachette-Oxford
... to flash one's teeth at sb sourire à qn de toutes ses dents; to cut one's teeth lit
faire or percer ses dents; to cut one's teeth on fig se faire les dents sur B-toothed (
dans composés) fine-/wide-ded comb peigne m fin/à dents larges Idioms to be a
...
Marie-Hélène Corréard, Valerie Grundy, Jean-Benoit Ormal-Grenon, 2007
Cut one's coat according to one's cloth To suit one 's expenditure to one's income
He had to declare himself insolvent because he had earlier failed to cut his coat
according to his cloth Cut one's teeth (on something) Learn; get experience ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... one's nose to spite one's face see nose. cut one's own throat see throat. cut
one's teeth on see teeth. cut (someone) to the quick see quick. cut up (si) very
upset: She was very fond of her godfather and was terribly cut up when he died.
cut up ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
... face see nose. cut one's own throat see throat. cut one's teeth on see teeth. cut
(someone) to the quick see quick. cut up (sl) very upset: She was very fond of her
godfather and was terribly cut up when he died. cut up rough see rough. not cut ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... adapt oneself to (esp financial) circumstances; cut one's losses to have done
with an unprofitable venture; cut one's stick to take one's departure; cut one's
teeth (on) (colloq) to gain experience (by means of); to practise (on); cut out to
shape; ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... idiom cutthroat competition, for vicious competitive practices. cut teeth 0 See
CUT ONE's TEETH ON. cut the comedy Also, cut the crap. Stop talking or
behaving foolishly, as in Cut the comedy! We have work to do, or It's time you cut
the crap ...
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1001 IDIOMS TO MASTER YOUR ENGLISH
Cut one's teeth on something—Learn or gain experience for something E.g. As a
boy he cut his teeth on the waters of the river near his village. He is no newcomer
to swimming. To examine something with a fine-tooth comb—To examine very ...
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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms
A phrasal verb. cut one's teeth on learn and use a basic skill at an early stage of
one's development. He enjoys playing the bagpipes now, but first of all he had to
spend a few years cutting his teeth on learning to play the chanter. When one ...
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The Dictionary of Clich_s: A Word Lover's Guide to 4,000 ...
cut one's teeth on, to To begin one's education or career with; to mature. The
analogyistothe emergence (“cutting” through the gums)of a baby's teeth,which
occurs during thefirstyear oflife.The earliest uses of this term involved not just ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUT ONE'S TEETH ON»
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Is Liver Transplant in India Proceeding with Reckless Abandon?
... transplant is orders of magnitude more complicated than deceased donor transplant and it's best to cut one's teeth on the latter (for at least a ... «Huffington Post India, Feb 15»
Volunteer Lawyer Program of Southwestern Indiana responds to …
“Most family law cases are complex and hard to cut one's teeth on.” Blanton said she has made it a personal rule to have one case file open at ... «Evansville Courier & Press, May 14»
New Releases: Isaiah Rashad, Phantogram, Angel Olsen, Bayside …
Maybe it helps that he's from Queens, a weird place to cut one's teeth on nasal hooks and pop-punk dynamic shifts. But six records in with ... «Radio.com News, Feb 14»
Acclaimed artist donates $5m of work to QUT
"[They] draw an enormous amount of criticism. Everybody puts their five cents worth in. One has to cut one's teeth on all those years of criticism.". «Brisbane Times, Oct 11»
The Forgotten Man
Legendary for the huge pool of talent it produces and nurtures, Golden Glory is a heck of a place to cut one's teeth on the standup side of MMA. «Sherdog.com, Jun 11»
