To gnaw means to bite or chew on something repeatedly and persistently, often causing damage or wearing it away. Animals like rodents gnaw on objects to keep their teeth healthy and sharp.
it means if you do something wrong it will only come back to bite you in the butt
To forage, nibble, chomp, chew, browse for bite mean bascially that.
It is a proverb which means do not talk about your private family problems in public.
They are teething, they can't help it. When their teeth grow in they have to bite and chew things. It will pass soon enough.
this proverb means the odd man out.
you cant achieve something unless you try hard
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Old mothers proverb was that if one of you leave, the other must leave without him
If you are angry enough to bite nails, you could either be biting your own fingernails or biting iron nails -- either way, you are gnashing your teeth in anger.
box of birds
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