词汇 | sink one-s teeth into |
词源 | sink one’s teeth into. To sink one’s teeth into something means to eat it, usually with great enjoyment, or to get into the spirit of anything. The Americanism was first recorded in 1892 as sink tooth into: “Only a favored few of the millions of feasters on Thanksgiving Day will sink tooth into genuine wild turkey meat.” |
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