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s ([pl] teeth) 1. zub ([fig]) 2. [tech] zubac (pile, češlja itd.), zubac kotača, parožak, šiljak (vila itd.) / laniary (canine) # = zub koljač; corner #, eye # = očnjak; incisor (incision, cutting) # = sjekutić; milk #, shedding # = mliječnjak; molar #, grinding # = kutnjak; wisdom # = zub mudrosti; loose # = klimav zub; to cast a th in a p's teeth = prigovoriti komu što; in the teeth of = usprkos čemu; to cut one's eye-teeth = dobiti očnjake; [fig] sazreti, opametiti se; to escape by the skin of one's teeth = izmaći na dlaku; to fight (struggle) # and nail = boriti se svom snagom, neumoljivo, nepopustljivo; [arch] from the teeth outwards = neiskren, ne od srca; to lie in one's teeth = lagati u lice; drzovito (bezobrazno) lagati; to set one's teeth on edge = uzrujati koga, ozlovoljiti; [fig] to show one's teeth = pokazati zube; [fig] to take the bit between one's teeth = uzjoguniti se, oduprijeti se, osamostaliti se; to clench one's teeth = stisnuti zube; long in the # = star; to cut one's first # = dobiti prvi zub; [fig] to draw a p's teeth = podrezati komu krila, učiniti koga neškodljivim, ušutkati; armed to the teeth = oboružan do zuba; to have a sveet # = voljeti slatkiše, poslastice; to get one's teeth into a th = tvrdoglavo (nepopustljivo) se čega prihvatiti* * *
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