25 Oct 2016
Native language
Simplified Chinese (China)
Question about English (UK)
What does broke the latch with one's teeth mean?
learned it from a TV drama
Native language
English (UK)
English (US)
Sorry, I don't know! As a native speaker I've never heard of this before. Sometimes "by one's teeth" can mean that one did something only just, barely accomplished it, or closely competed something. I think it depends on the TV show's location to understand the meaning.
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