I have a spicy tooth, so I love hot sauce.
spicy tooth
idiomA liking for foods that are spicy.
Origin
disputed originBy analogy with sweet tooth.
Because she has a spicy tooth, she always orders the hottest curry on the menu.
Despite his refined palate, his well-known spicy tooth often leads him to seek out the most pungent peppers in the market.
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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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long in the tooth
Old; aged.
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salty tooth
A liking for foods that are salty.
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sour tooth
A liking for foods that are sour.
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sweet tooth
A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets.