Hungarian proverb

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.

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cut teeth

[cut teeth] {v. phr.} 1. To have teeth grow out through the gums. * /The baby was cross because he was cutting teeth./ 2. or [cut eye teeth] {informal} To […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

tooth

[tooth] See: [BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH], [CUT TEETH] or [CUT ONE'S EYETEETH], [EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH], [FED TO THE GILLS] or [FED […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

get one's teeth into

[get one's teeth into] or [sink one's teeth into] {v. phr.}, {informal} To have something real or solid to think about; go to work on seriously; struggle with. * /After […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

not to know one from Adam

[not to know one from Adam] {v. phr.} To not know a person; be unable to recognize someone. * /I have no idea who that guy is that Jane just […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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La Rochefoucauld

In jealousy there is more of self love than of love to another.