få blodad tand
Swedish
editEtymology
editLiterally "get [a] bloodied tooth", by analogy with predators getting a taste for blood. Compare English taste blood, German Blut lecken.
Verb
editfå 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