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
Domitille	-	French
Paulinho	-	Portuguese
Venus	VEE-nəs (English)	Roman Mythology
Carmine	-	Italian
Orpah	AWR-pə (English)	Biblical
Melina	-	English, French, Greek