to the teeth

1. Completely, fully, as in Obviously new to skiing, they were equipped to the teeth with the latest gear . This idiom dates from the late 1300s. Also see armed to the teeth ; fed to the gills .

2. Also, . Fully committed, as in We're in this collaboration up to our teeth . [First half of 1900s] Both of these hyperbolic usages allude to being fully covered or immersed in something up to one's teeth.

Example Sentences

His smile is disarming, but his ideas are armed to the teeth.

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"I've had them here, armed to the teeth with catapults, and I see it as my job to see them off because I don't want them here," she said.

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Even then, when Arisu is ambushed by an adversary armed to the teeth, Chishiya doesn’t help him, preferring to stand back and wait for the situation to sort itself out.

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What helps is preparing yourself to the teeth.

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And they were all armed to the teeth.

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