bone in her teeth
The phrase "bone in her teeth" originates from nautical language and visually compares a ship's bow wave to a dog carrying a bone.
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Definition
C1Nautical
(colloquial, idiomatic)A prominent wave at the front of a boat or ship moving at high speed.
Example
- The yacht had a bone in her teeth as she raced across the bay.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "bone in her teeth":
cast in someone's teethpoint the bonebit between one's teethcolt's toothsour tooth