have teeth

if a law or organization has teeth, it has the power to make people obey it The committee can make recommendations but it has no real teeth.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Galia	-	Hebrew
Bonifacio	bo-nee-FAH-cho (Italian), bo-nee-FAH-thyo (Spanish), bo-nee-FAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Coenraad	KOON-rah:t	Dutch
SÌNe	SHEE-na	Scottish
Oprah	O-prə (English)	Various
Katheryn	KATH-ə-rin, KATH-rin	English