10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUT ONE'S WISDOM TEETH»
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A Dictionary of English Phrases: Phraseological Allusions, ...
Cut one's eye-teeth, To : see Cut one's wisdom-teeth. Cut one's coat according to
one's cloth, To : see Coat. Cut one's sticks, To : to depart ; escape. In reference
apparently to the cutting of a staff preparatory to a journey. Cut one's wisdom- ...
Albert Montefiore Hyamson, 1922
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Objective Englidh for Competitions
To cut one's wisdom teeth — (to develop insight or wisdom). He is quite grown up
in years yet he has to cut his wisdom teeth. 33. Too many cooks spoil the broth—
(too many workers spoil the show). There should be proper division of labour ...
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5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, ...
Cut One's Wisdom-Teeth, To. A phrase meaning to reach years of discretion. The
wisdom-teeth (four in number) are the last ones to make their appearance, and
consequently are supposed to do so at a time when the person has attained unto
...
William Henry Pinkney Phyfe, 1901
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A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language Designed to ...
Have a turn for. To have a special capability for. Situ.i.— Verbal Expressions. Cut
one's coat according to one's cloth; exercise one's discretion; feather the oar;
have all one's wits about one; have cut one's eyeteeth; have cut one's wisdom
teeth ...
Francis Andrew March, 1906
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Comprehensive English-Hindi dictionary:
... f^RRt cRl *fk ?t 3<T^ eft MHKHI I To cut one's losses, to abandon a scheme that
has caused financial losses 3T£ 35t 3F*T ^PTT, J$flfl *R ^ «M*ll I To cut one's
stick, to take one's departure #n, f^I #n I To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come of
age ...
Bholānātha Tivārī, Amaranātha Kapūra, Viśvaprakāśa Gupta, 1998
To CUT SHORT qtew ar, H%H ^ . To CUT To COT TEETH ^RT ^'$2^, ^^RR fR. To
HAVE CUT ONE'S EYETEETH (colloq. ) g3n;-tre<jr ^. To CUT ONE'S WISDOM-
TEETH HH^Spin 3f$55^I^. To CUT UNDER t. TO CUT UP , 5ITRT Cut w. i. CTqift;
...
Nilakantha Babaji Ranade, 1996
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The Anglo-American Encyclopedia and Dictionary: Dictionary ...
To cut one's wisdom teeth: To arrive at an age of discernment. 1242 *?. A fool, a
dupe. "Send for money, knight; if thou halt her n end, call me cut."— Shakesp.:
Twelfth Night, IL I. 9. A degree ; from count or tallies being kept by notches.
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The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To cut one's wisdom teeth: To arrive at an age of discernment. cut, 'cums, *cutte, '
tut, s. [Cm-, v.] A. Ordinary Lanmmge: I. Literally: 1. The action of a sharp or edged
instrument; a blow with a sharp or edged instrument or body. 2. The opening ...
Charles Morris, Robert Hunter, 1900
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The New American Encyclopedic Dictionary: An Exhaustive ...
... below the usual established rates. 29. To cut a splurge : To make a show or
grout display. 3U. To cut a dido: To play a fantastic, unexpected trick , to caper
about. 31. To cut one's wisdom teeth: To arrive at an age of discernment. cut, *cutt
, ...
Edward Thomas Roe, Le Roy Hooker, Thomas W. Handford, 1907
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
After ca 1870, occ. cut one's wisdom teeth. See also CUT ONE'S EYETEETH,
HAVE. cut above, a , see CUT, n., 1. cut and come again . Abundance, orig. of '
Meat that cries come Eat me', B.E.: late C.17–20; coll. Swift, Wm Combe. 2.
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