sweet tooth | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,only in singular)Alikingforfoodsthat aresweet; aweaknessfor sweets.Coordinate terms:salty tooth,sour tooth,spicy toothHe eats a healthy diet most of the time, but has asweet toothwhen it comes to candy.; (idiomatic,countable)Someone with a liking for sweet foods.; Anediblefungusof speciesHydnum repandum.; A preference, especially for a kind of food.1913, Jewett Castello Gilson,Wealth of the World's Waste Places, and Oceania, page298:the python has asweet toothfor rats and mice and thesweet toothof this particular snake is on edge for a square meal.2007May 30, Joey Bunch, “Suburban pet peeve: coyotes”, inThe Denver Post:Prowlers are on the loose in suburban Denver. Description: pointy ears, bushy tails and asweet toothfor poodle and cat.2010, Tony Ardizzone,The Whale Chaser: A Novel, page101:But my grandmother had, in my father's words, a "sweet tooth” for meat.2013, Kim Newlen,The One Year Sweet and Simple Moments with God Devotional, page169:In the same way I developed a craving for doughnuts, mysweet toothfor God's Word developed by repetition.2014, John Maley,A Little Murder in Tucson, page50:".... She had asweet toothfor booze." "Did she have asweet toothfor drugs?"2022, Anthony M. Ludovici,Too Old for Dolls: A Novel:I have high hopes though, because mother always did have asweet toothfor rather nice men, you see father was tremendously attractive.

Examples:

EN: Well... I'm sorry, sir, but I've got a sweet tooth.
ES: Lo siento, señor, pero soy muy golosa.
EN: I lost my sweet tooth to the dentist in Llandrindod.
ES: Perdí mi gusto a los dulces en la consulta de un dentista, en Llandrindod.
EN: I got a sweet tooth.
ES: - Soy goloso.
EN: Having a sweet tooth is almost as bad... As having a whiskey tongue or liking a woman.
ES: El gusto por el azúcar es tan malo como que te guste el whisky o las mujeres.
EN: - Chief have sweet tooth for little fat man.
ES: Jefe gustar mucho hombre blanco gordo.
EN: Is it a crime this horse happens to have A sweet tooth for lemon drops?
ES: ¿Es acaso delito que este caballo tenga debilidad por los caramelos de limón?
EN: He's got a sweet tooth.
ES: ¡Porque es muy goloso!
EN: I was after something for a sweet tooth.
ES: Buscaba algo dulce.
EN: My sweet tooth!
ES: - Soy goloso.
EN: I never imagined you had such a sweet tooth, Pauline!
ES: ¡No sabía que fueras tan golosa, Pauline!
EN: You've really got a sweet tooth, haven't you?
ES: Le gustan mucho los dulces, ¿verdad?
EN: a candy store, a place where I can flush out another member of the club, another bird with a hot arm and a sweet tooth,
ES: Una tienda de dulces. Un lugar adonde puedo encontrar a otro miembro del club. Otro tipo con el brazo sediento y el aliento dulce.
EN: - You got a sweet tooth?
ES: ¿Es golosa?
EN: -I did? Put: "Something for your sweet tooth, baby, and all your other sweet parts! "
ES: Pues ponga: " ¡Estos bombones para tu dulce paladar, bombón! "
EN: I thought I'd buy this for Mick. He's got such a sweet tooth.
ES: Quiero comprarle esto a Mick.

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