spicy tooth
English
editEtymology
editBy analogy with sweet tooth.
Noun
edit- (idiomatic, only in singular, uncommon) A liking for foods that are spicy.
- 2010 March 25, “Chef Peter Chang Disappears Again”, in The New Yorker[1]:
- A week of fact-checking the story proved too much for my spicy tooth; I made immediate plans to visit Chang's latest restaurant
- 2020 May 7, Rashmi Trivedi, Women, Everything Will Be Fine[2], 2 edition, BlueRose Publishers, page 81:
- I not only have a sweet tooth, but I have a salty tooth, a sour tooth, a spicy tooth, you name the taste and I have the damned tooth for it!
- 2021 November 2, Priyanka Naik, The Modern Tiffin: On-the-Go Vegan Dishes with a Global Flair (A Cookbook), S&S/Simon Element, →ISBN, page 54:
- I will admit, I have a huge sweet tooth (probably larger than my spicy tooth), but I do have a limit as to how sweet I like my desserts.