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
Meliton	-	Ancient Greek, Georgian
Milagros	mee-LAH-gros	Spanish
Mele	-	Hawaiian
JÓNatan	-	Icelandic
Geoffrey	JEF-ree (English), zhaw-FRE (French)	English, French
Siv	SEEV	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology