Idiom
bone in her teeth
Meaning
(of a boat or ship) A prominent bow wave (as a result of high speed).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The fast boat has a bone in her teeth today.”
“With the wind picking up, the sailboat surged forward with a bone in her teeth.”
“The captain pushed the vessel to its limit, and soon she was cutting through the waves with a bone in her teeth.”
Examples
simple
“The fast boat has a bone in her teeth today.”
contextual
“With the wind picking up, the sailboat surged forward with a bone in her teeth.”
complex
“The captain pushed the vessel to its limit, and soon she was cutting through the waves with a bone in her teeth.”
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