få blodad tand

Swedish

Etymology

Literally "get [a] bloodied tooth", by analogy with predators getting a taste for blood. Compare English taste blood, German Blut lecken.

Verb

få blodad tand (present får blodad tand, preterite fick blodad tand, supine fått blodad tand, imperative få blodad tand)

1. (idiomatic) to get a taste for something (become keen to do more of something), to whet one's appetite

See also

• mersmak

References

• tand in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bloda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tand in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)