Emotions & feelings
set your teeth on edge
annoy intensely
If something sets your teeth on edge, it annoys you intensely, often because it makes an unpleasant sound.
Hear it in real life
Why did you leave the room?
That high-pitched alarm was setting my teeth on edge.
The squeaking of that door really sets my teeth on edge.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: put my teeth on edge
Say: set my teeth on edge
The fixed verb in this idiom is "set," not "put."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
set your teeth on edge; sets my teeth on edge
Your turn: say it out loud
The squeaking of that door really sets my teeth on edge.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
set your teeth on edge
annoy intensely
“The squeaking of that door really sets my teeth on edge.”
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