etymology - How did "sweet tooth" originate? - English Language …
2015年4月2日 · From an idiomatic perspective, the expression was coined during the Middle Ages with the simple combination of two common terms. The second term, tooth, was already used …
Of sweet tooths and black sheep: when does the plural of a …
2019年11月26日 · An exocentric compound is one that is analyzed as lacking a head, or having an implicit head that is not any of the explicit constituents of the compound. In reference to a …
Word for great liking of salty-tasting foods
2023年8月29日 · 5. Two words ("sweet tooth" also has two words) for someone who craves salt in their diet, they are a. 1) "salt addict" or 2) "salt junkie". The terms addict and junkie are listed in …
What is another word for "dessert lover"? [closed]
You can say they have a sweet tooth. It isn't much shorter but it conveys the idea of people who have a craving for sweets. sweet tooth (noun) - a craving or fondness for sweet food Merriam …
An adjective for someone who likes sweets? [closed]
2017年10月25日 · If you need an adjective, you can say that person is sweet-toothed, as mentioned by WS2 in one of the comments. sweet-tooth (noun) - "a strong liking for sweet …
Sugar teeth meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2020年5月21日 · 2. "Sugar teeth" are teeth damaged by sugar. In that sense it could imply 'having been damaged by something you love and can't get enough of'. It also reminds me of the …
What's the origin of the idiom "to cut your teeth on something"?
2013年5月27日 · Swaddled at birth in a Northern blanket, cutting his teeth on a Northern gum-ring, solacing bis sweet tooth on Northern candies, learning his letters from a Northern book, …
etymology - "Clean as a whistle" — why is a whistle considered ...
2012年12月17日 · clean as a whistle (or a hound's tooth) adj phr first form by 1828, second by 1940s Perfectly clean. But Christine Ammer, American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms (1997) …
etymology - Is the alleged original meaning of the phrase 'blood is ...
I recently read that the phrase "Blood is thicker than water" was originally derived from the phrase "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", implying that the ordinary …
orthography - "Smooths" versus "Smoothes" - English Language …
2013年2月8日 · An Ngram Viewer graph tracking the frequency of usage of the two words from 1800 to 2005 shows remarkably stable levels of usage for both smooths and smoothes for …