A
armed to the teeth (idiom) 全副武裝。 I find it unbelievable that five men armed to the teeth could board an international Indian Airlines flight. 我簡直不敢相信五名全副武裝的男子竟然可以登上印航一架國際線班機。
B
cut one’s teeth (idiom)
1.學到經驗。 Many of the Japanese who now run such companies of their own cut their teeth working for the Americans. 現在自己經營這些公司的日本人，有許多都是在替美國人士工作時學到經驗的。
2.起家。 In this country, most politicians cut their teeth as student activists. 在這個國家，大部份政治人物都是搞學運起家的。He cut his teeth on the Australian tabloid business. 他靠澳洲這家小報起家。
3.入行。 Like the other seven men to hold the position of secretary-general, he cut his teeth as a high-level diplomat from a relatively small country. 和其他七位擔任過聯合國秘書長的人一樣，他入行時幹的也是一個不是很大的國家的高階外交官。
4.（展開）歷練。 He had cut his teeth in his father’s bus company and was an amateur race-car driver. 他在他父親的巴士公司展開歷練，並且是一位業餘賽車車手。Like most politicians of the generation, he cut his teeth inside the KMT. 跟其他同世代的大部份政治人物一樣，他也是在國民黨內展開歷練。A physician specializing in public health, he had cut his teeth on regional politics, serving a stint in Congress, and two terms as mayor of Ribeirao Preto. 這位專攻公共衛生的醫生，在地方政壇歷練過，曾任一屆國會議員，兩任Ribeirao Preto市市長.。
5.在…得到第一次歷練。 He cut his political teeth on the 520 protests. 他在五二零抗爭活動中得到第一次政治歷練。
C
get kicked in the teeth (idiom) 受到無情的打擊。 We’re not going to be trotted out every four years and then kicked in the teeth afterwards. 我們不想每四年就被拿出來利用一次，然後又受到無情的打擊。
D
grit one’s teeth (idiom) 咬緊牙關。 I will grit my teeth and try to hang on. 我會咬緊牙關, 想辦法撐下去。
in the teeth of (idiom) 不顧。 He has advanced his reform agenda in the teeth of opposition from his par-ty’s diehards since he took office. 他就任後就不顧黨內頑抗份子的反對推動改革計劃。
E
kicked in the teeth (idiom) 受到無情的打擊。 I felt as if I’d been kicked in the teeth and my whole life was a lie. 我覺得自己如同受到無情的打擊一般，我的一生都是謊言。
F
show one’s teeth (idiom)
1 展現魄力。 He has shown his teeth in other ways. 他也在其他方面展現了魄力。
2 展現威力。 After decades of dormancy, they showed their teeth again. 經過數十年的沉寂， 他們再度展現威力。
G
sink one’s teeth into (idiom) 全心投入。 He would get a job he can sink his teeth into. 他會得到一份他可以全心投入的工作。
H
would give one’s eye teeth (idiom) 一心想。 A lot of people would give their eye teeth to go abroad. 許多人一心想出國。
