få blodad tand
(Redirected from blodad tand)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Literally "get [a] bloodied tooth", by analogy with predators getting a taste for blood. Compare English taste blood, German Blut lecken.
Verb edit
få blodad tand (present får blodad tand, preterite fick blodad tand, supine fått blodad tand, imperative få blodad tand)
- (idiomatic) to get a taste for something (become keen to do more of something), to whet one's appetite