The severe penalty really gives teeth to the law.
•Strong enforcement puts teeth in the regulation.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
give (your) eye teeth for (something) — informal, informal if you would give your eye teeth for something, you would very much like to have or be that thing. I d give my eye teeth for a house like that. Most women would give their eye teeth to be tall and thin like you … New idioms dictionary
give your eye teeth for something do something — give your eye teeth for sth/to do sth idiom (BrE, informal) used when you are saying that you want sth very much • I d give my eye teeth to own a car like that. Main entry: ↑eye teeth … Useful english dictionary
would give your eye teeth for something — would give your eye teeth for something/to do something/spoken phrase used for saying that you wish you could have do something very much I’d give my eye teeth for a house like that. Thesaurus: to want somethingsynonym to want to do… … Useful english dictionary
I would give my eye teeth for something — I would give my right arm/my eye teeth/for something I would give anything for something phrase used for saying that you would very much like to have something I would give anything for a trip to Maui right now. Thesaurus: wanting or needing… … Useful english dictionary
give — give1 [ gıv ] (past tense gave [ geıv ] ; past participle giv|en [ gıvn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 provide someone with something ▸ 2 make someone owner of something ▸ 3 put medicine in someone ▸ 4 cause effect/experience ▸ 5 communicate ▸ 6 perform action … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
give — I UK [ɡɪv] / US verb Word forms give : present tense I/you/we/they give he/she/it gives present participle giving past tense gave UK [ɡeɪv] / US past participle given UK [ˈɡɪv(ə)n] / US *** 1) [transitive] to put something in someone s hand, or… … English dictionary
give your eye teeth — If you really want something and would be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get it, you would give your eye teeth for it … The small dictionary of idiomes
give your eye teeth for to do something — give your eye teeth for sth/to do sth idiom (BrE, informal) used when you are saying that you want sth very much • I d give my eye teeth to own a car like that. Main entry: ↑eye teeth … Useful english dictionary
give my eye teeth — give something valuable, give my right arm Does he like me? I d give my eye teeth to know if he likes me … English idioms
give my right arm — give something valuable, give my eye teeth What a voice! I d give my right arm to be able to sing like that … English idioms
give your eye teeth — If you really want something and would be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get it, you would give your eye teeth for it. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
