salty tooth
A liking for foods that are salty.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“I prefer chips over candy because I have a salty tooth.”
“Whenever we go out for snacks, my salty tooth always makes me choose pretzels instead of chocolate.”
“Despite the wide array of decadent desserts offered at the banquet, his persistent salty tooth compelled him to seek out the savory appetizers instead.”
By analogy with sweet tooth.
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an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.
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clean as a hound's tooth
Very clean.
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hen's tooth
Anything not naturally occurring.
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jump salty
To become angry.
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long in the tooth
Old; aged.
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sour tooth
A liking for foods that are sour.
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spicy tooth
A liking for foods that are spicy.
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sweet tooth
A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets.
Last updated August 10, 2026