Set teeth on edge

Posted by ESC October 19, 2004In reply to Set teeth on edge posted by Joe Lindsey on October 19, 2004

The current "origin" is shown from Shakespeare. I see a similar phrase in Bible KJV Jeremiah 31:29 "In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge."
Joe

Also Ezekiel 18:2.

I would imagine it was a saying common in the 1600s.