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
Eemeli	E:-me-lee	Finnish
Gahariet	-	Arthurian Romance
SigrÍ&Eth;R	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Cuthberht	-	Anglo-Saxon
Elmas	-	Turkish
Jekaterina	ye-kah-tye-REE-nah, ee-kah-tee-REE-nah	Russian