throw\ smth\ in\ one's\ teeth

throw\ smth\ in\ one's\ teeth
• throw smth in one's face
• throw smth in one's teeth
v. phr.
To blame a person for (something wrong); not allow someone to forget (a mistake or failure).
- Often used with "back".

Bob came home late for dinner last week, and his mother keeps throwing it back in his face.

I made a mistake in the ball game and the boys keep throwing it back in my teeth.

Compare: in one's face

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • throw\ smth\ in\ one's\ face — • throw smth in one s face • throw smth in one s teeth v. phr. To blame a person for (something wrong); not allow someone to forget (a mistake or failure). Often used with back . Bob came home late for dinner last week, and his mother keeps… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • tooth — See: by the skin of one s teeth, cut teeth or cut one s eyeteeth on, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, fed to the gills or fed to the teeth, get one s teeth into or sink one s teeth into, kick in the pants or kick in the teeth, pull one… …   Словарь американских идиом

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