noun phrase : dying or being killed. He barely escaped from the jaws of death.
Figurative phrases like "valley of death" and "jaws of death" can be classified as metaphors.
intransitive verb. : to talk especially abusively, indignantly, or long-windedly. jawing with the referee. transitive verb.
to repeat too often, to the point of becoming monotonous and boring. That theme has been done to death.
(idiomatic) To follow or supervise someone too closely, causing discomfort for that person. My boss never lets me get on with my work. He's always breathing down my neck and checking up on me.
“Bite the dust” is usually used to describe a fall to the ground or someone's death and is more commonly associated with the death of a soldier in battle, but it also has the more modern association with general failure.
(Britain, slang) Synonym of ugly.
hog jaw (plural hog jaws) The mouth of a pig, especially when used as food.
idiom. : someone's mouth opens in a way that shows he or she is very surprised or shocked. His jaw dropped when he heard who had won.
Origin of the Jaws of Death
One of this expression's earliest uses was in the English playwright William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, which was written in the year 1602.
The 'jaws of death' metaphor had suggested certain death, and yet 'what was left of them' rode back out – thus demonstrating their achievement against the odds. The main difference, as the last line expresses, is there are far fewer of them. Rode the six hundred.”
So, what are the 'jaws of life'? The 'jaws of life' are a hydraulic-extrication rescue tool used in a number of difficult emergency situations, particularly car crashes. It is most often used to pull drivers and passengers out of damaged vehicles after severe traffic collisions.
Jaw claps and jaw pops: dolphins can produce extremely loud sounds by rapidly clamping their jaws together. This behavior bangs their teeth together, producing an acoustic signal that transmits large distances. Jaw claps are generally understood to be an aggressive signal, used as a threat.
Jaw Joint Stretch
Press your tongue against the roof of your mouth, behind your teeth. Then use your tongue to push your top teeth forward and, while doing that, slowly open your mouth, stretching those tight jaw muscles. Stop doing this when you feel pain. You can repeat this ten times.
Each jaw is somewhat flexible, consisting of right and left halves joined in the center at what is termed the symphysis. During a bite, many sharks can extend the entire jaw structure forward, thrusting it out from the skull. This helps some sharks bite off parts of prey that are too big to swallow whole.
A truffle hog is any domestic pig used for locating and extracting the fruit bodies of the fungi known as truffles from temperate forests in Europe and North America. Pigs have an exceptional sense of smell, and are able to identify truffles from as deep as three feet underground.
It is made from a cleaned pig's stomach traditionally stuffed with cubed potatoes and loose pork sausage meat. Other ingredients may include cabbage, onions, and spices.
jaw, either of a pair of bones that form the framework of the mouth of vertebrate animals, usually containing teeth and including a movable lower jaw (mandible) and fixed upper jaw (maxilla). Jaws function by moving in opposition to each other and are used for biting, chewing, and the handling of food.
Adjective. butterfingered (comparative more butterfingered, superlative most butterfingered) Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
transitive verb. : to charm or beguile with lavish flattery or praise.
Street name, slang, or code word for methamphetamine. Note: Innumerable substances–legal or illicit or combinations thereof–are used to facilitate illegal activities.
: a complete surprise : something totally unexpected.
/ˌblæk ˈʃiːp/ a person who has done something bad that brings embarrassment or shame to his or her family: He's the black sheep of the family.
to intentionally ignore someone or treat someone in an unfriendly way: I thought she really liked me, but the next day she gave me the cold shoulder.
Normal movements of the jaw during function, such as chewing, are known as excursions. There are two lateral excursions ( left and right ) and the forward excursion, known as protrusion, the reversal of which is retrusion.