set someone's teeth on edge

set someone's teeth on edge

English

Verb

set someone's teeth on edge (third-person singular simple present sets someone's teeth on edge, present participle setting someone's teeth on edge, simple past and past participle set someone's teeth on edge)

1. To irritate or strike as unpleasant.

   I can't stand his squeaky voice. It always sets my teeth on edge.

2. To cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in one's teeth, as when acids are brought into contact with them.
   • 1631, [Francis Bacon], “8. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:

     For sounds, we see that the grating of a law, or any very harsh noise, will set the teeth on edge, and make all the body shiver

Translations

to irritate or be unpleasant

Hungarian: az idegeire megy Russian: раздража́ть (ru) impf (razdražátʹ)

to cause unpleasant sensation in one's teeth

Italian: allegare (it), allappare (it)

Spanish: dar dentera