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Sam
What is the meaning of "cast something in someone's teeth"?
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الإجابات · 3
"Cast" means to throw, and when you "cast something back in someone's teeth", you are throwing words at them, often reminding them of something they themselves once said: reminding them of a time they were wrong, generally. This would happen in a bitter fight.
Example: The wife turned on her husband and cried out, "You were the one who said we should buy this house. You said it was a good investment!". The husband growled, "And you agreed. You have no right to cast that in my teeth!"
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'cast in someone’s teeth' is an old fashioned idiom meaning to upbraid or reproach a person; to throw back at a person something he has said or done. Some say the phrase, popular in Shakespeare’s time, is an allusion to knocking someone’s teeth out by casting stones. The current expression is " to throw in someone’s face."
Example: I know I should have checked the time for your arrival, but there is no need to keep throwing it in my face.
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May be it means to test someone.
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المهارات اللغوية
الصينية (المندرية), الإنجليزية
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