chatter from something

chatter from something
chatter from something
[for one's teeth] to shake noisily with a chill from the cold, the dampness, a fever, etc. •

My teeth were chattering from the extreme cold.

It was a terrible illness. My teeth chattered from the chills that followed the fever.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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