long teeth, noun phrase

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AfrikaansShow more Translation of Afrikaans lang tande, see lang tande.
colloquial
In the phrase with long teeth, reluctantly, without enthusiasm; with lang tande, see lang tande.
1974 Weekend Post 30 Nov. 2He gave a warning which will ensure that Pretoria’s hog snobs will eat with long teeth when they have a braai in future.
1984 J. Ryan in E. Prov. Herald 21 July 6We lunched — with long teeth — on a tin of bully beef and a packet of diet crackers.
1984 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)At the official banquet the ice cream was in three stripes — orange, white and blue. I noticed most people left the blue till last and were eating it with very long teeth.
1985 E. Prov. Herald 26 Oct.The Afrikaans language contains a splendid idiom about ‘supping with long teeth’...Rats I could never attempt to stomach.
1991 R. Hilton-Green Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)One often attends school plays with ‘long teeth’, but this superb production..will hold your interest.
In the phrase with long teeth,reluctantly, without enthusiasm; with lang tande, see lang tande.
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