show one 's teeth

show one 's teeth

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ī y á Li ě Zu ǐ, which means to show your teeth and open your mouth. To describe a ferocious and ugly appearance. From the 47th chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The 47th chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: "when Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu came out of the front hall to see Du Xing, they saw Du Xing get off his horse and enter the village gate. When they saw him, they were so angry that they raised their face, bared their teeth and mouth, and said no for a long time."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: show your teeth, consult your teeth

Idiom usage

As soon as I picked up my rice bowl, I would make a face and say, "how can I eat millet without eating pig food. I don't like two noodles a day. " The melting pot by Yang Shuo and diving by Leo Tolstoy: he climbs to the top of the mast, hooks the rope with his hind legs, hangs his hat on one end of the tallest beam, and then sits on the top of the mast, wriggles and grins.