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få blodad tand

“få blodad tand” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to get a taste for something (become keen to do more of something), to whet one's appetite

Etymology

Literally "get [a] bloodied tooth", by analogy with predators getting a taste for blood. Compare English taste blood, German Blut lecken.

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