by God's teeth
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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