bare one's teeth

Also, show one's teeth. Indicate hostility and readiness to fight, as in His refusal to accept my offer made it clear I'd have to bare my teeth, or In this instance, calling in a lawyer is showing one's teeth. This figurative term transfers the snarl of a dog to human anger. It first was recorded as show one's teeth in 1615.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Linn	[lin]
Daniel	DAN-yəl (English), dah-nee-EL (Jewish), dan-YEL (French), DAH-nee-el (German), DAHN-yel (Polish)	English, Hebrew, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Portugu
Jaydon	JAY-dən	English (Modern)
Hagen (1)	HAH-gen	German, Germanic Mythology
Maggie	MAG-ee	English
Edgar	ED-gər (English), ed-GAHR (French)	English, French