by God's teeth
English edit
Etymology edit
See by God and God's teeth.
Adverb edit
by God's teeth (not comparable)
- I swear
- 1850, William Shakespeare, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Carefully Collated and Compared with the Editions of Halliwell, Knight, Collier, and Others, with Historical and Critical Introductions and Notes to Each Play, and a Life of the Great Dramatist, Volume 1, Go W. Borland & Company, page 2:
- By God's teeth, I will not grant them liberties which will make me a slave!
Interjection edit
Synonyms edit
- See Thesaurus:wow