gnash
verbWord Originlate Middle English: perhaps related to Old Norse gnastan ‘a gnashing’.
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they gnash | |
| he / she / it gnashes | |
| past simple gnashed | |
| past participle gnashed | |
| -ing form gnashing |
Idioms
gnash your teeth
to press or hit your teeth together because you feel angry; to feel very angry and upset about something, especially because you cannot get what you want （尤因不获所求而气得）咬牙切齿 He'll be gnashing his teeth when he hears that we lost the contract. 他要是听说我们丢了这份合同，准会气得咬牙切齿。 The news caused great wailing and gnashing of teeth. 这个消息引起了巨大的哀号和咬牙切齿。
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