Comments on: losing my teeth

By: David

David — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:48:45 +0000

Know the dream, know the poo as well. How uncanny. German has a phrase that goes “die Zähne ausbeissen” (to bite out the teeth) which means to have a go at something with utmost determination. However, my dream doesn’t seem to involve blood or teeth-gnashing in blind ambition. They just crumble and fall out in a “shit happens” kind of way, which brings us full circle to the poo problem.

By: deeleea

deeleea — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:47:51 +0000

More than once I have dreamt of waking up with a mouthful of gravel… To remember it still weirds me out actually…

How is this relevant I hear you ask??

Because both times it has happened it has been because the composite caps on my front teeth have cracked and broken in my sleep… Gah…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:46:48 +0000

“Avoir les dents longues”.
I don’t know why but it evokes me former French President Mitterrand. He is supposed to have filed (?) his canines.

By: petite

petite — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:59:28 +0000

faye - a post on talking dirty in French is being drafted especially for you (with a pronunciation guide!)

silence - ah yes, and pigs might fly and chicken might have teeth. I’ll probably do a post on the different sayings involving animals because I can think of loads of lovely examples of those..

thanks guys, lots of new material and I didn’t even have to rack my brains

By: Silence

Silence — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:49:24 +0000

“Avoir les dents longues” signifiait autrefois “avoir faim”. De l� est venu le sens “faim d’argent ou de pouvoir”. “Un jeune loup” désigne aussi un ambitieux, surtout “un jeune loup aux dents longues” !
Parmi les expressions imagées “quand les poules auront des dents” signifie “jamais”.