eyeteeth
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"Elektra is a piece that conductors would give their eyeteeth to conduct and I've given that piece away three times during my time," he laughed.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023
Palmer told the Chicago Tribune in 1999 that Dench “is an actress who anyone would give their eyeteeth to work with.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2020
“That boost in the memory system is something that many of us in neuroscience would give our eyeteeth to achieve,” he said.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2016
His grave has always moved me, and I have walked to it often: like many members of my generation, I cut my eyeteeth on his work.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2011
Her teeth were large and crooked, eyeteeth missing.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
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