I have a sour tooth and love eating lemons.
sour tooth
idiomA liking for foods that are sour.
Origin
disputed originBy analogy with sweet tooth.
My friend has a real sour tooth, so she always orders the lime sorbet.
Despite the common preference for sweetness, his distinct sour tooth leads him to favor fermented dishes and tart citrus fruits.
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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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leave a sour taste in one's mouth
To give one an unpleasant feeling or memory.
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long in the tooth
Old; aged.
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salty tooth
A liking for foods that are salty.
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sour grapes
Things that somebody pretends to despise because they cannot obtain or have them.
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sour note
A negative aspect to something mostly positive.