in the teeth of

English

Preposition

in the teeth of

1. in spite of; in direct opposition to
   • 1922, Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood, Chapter XXVII:

     Having crossed the Caribbean in the teeth of contrary winds, it was not until the early days of April that the French fleet hove in sight of Cartagena [...]

Translations

agree or correspond; to be in harmony

• Arabic: عَلَى اَلرُّغْم مِن (ʕalā r-ruḡm min)

  Egyptian Arabic: بالرغم من (ber-raḡm men)

• Italian: in barba a
• Russian: против (protiv) (ветра (vetra)) (prótiv (vétra)), напереко́р (ru) (naperekór), вопреки́ (ru) (voprekí)