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Meaning of one's teeth water | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

One salivates or is visibly hungry or (figurative) eager for something.

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Examples

“Now his teeth watered as he saw the mad-looking woman apparently gulp down that which, from the fragrance it emitted, could be nothing less than the most potent kind of the beverage he loved.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

one's time is one's own one's way one's word is law oneiro- only a mother could love only dead fish go with the flow