Dima
mouth grows wet
Recently I'd heard this phrase but I can't find this idiom in the internet, there is just "make someone's mouth water".
So does anybody else use it (phrase in a topic) and which sounds better (more natural)?
Example, "Stop talking about food. My mouth grows wet or it makes my mouth water"
2014年6月15日 16:18
回答 · 11
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The simple verb for this is "to drool". As Madeline, pointed out, the phrase is "to make (someone's) mouth water". The word "water" here works as a verb - ie. drool.
The phrases with "mouth / wet" don't make any sense in English. We could almost understand what you mean, but it's certainly neither right nor natural.
However, there is a phrase "to whet your appetite". In this case, "whet" means "to sharpen" (and your appetite is like a knife!), but "whet" and "wet" are pronounced the same.
2014年6月15日
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Yes, we use the phrase "You're making my mouth water" very often in America. We would say something like, "That smell is making my mouth water" or "Stop talking about food, you are making my mouth water". Basically it just means that something smells/sounds delicious and is making us hungry! I have never heard someone say "You are making my mouth wet" so I would avoid that one.
2014年6月15日
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