English · Idiom Historical

to cast in one's teeth

Preserved but no longer current.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To throw reproof at one. The allusion is to knocking one's teeth out by stones.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Ném lời chỉ trích vào ai đó

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Teeth Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “to cast in one's teeth” mean?

To throw reproof at one. The allusion is to knocking one's teeth out by stones.

Is “to cast in one's teeth” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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