To refute someone's arguments/ make his teeth blunt

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To refute someone's arguments/ make his teeth blunt

To refute someone's arguments/ make his teeth blunt

By metaphor: to reply with a decisive answer such that there is nothing left to reply (blunting means making something dull, not sharp. Dull also implies causing an unpleasant feeling of bitterness).

("In those days they will no longer say, 'The fathers ate a good harvest, and the sons will be weary' - Jeremiah is powerless, and so: "What does this wicked man say? What is this work to you....And you will gnash his teeth and say to him: 'This is what the Lord did to me when I came out of Egypt'" - The Passover Haggadah)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הַקְהֵה אֶת שִׁינָּיו

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הֵשִׁיב לוֹ תְּשׁוּבָה נִצַּחַת כָּךְ שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה לוֹ מָה לְהָשִׁיב (הַקְהָיָה מַשְׁמָע עֲשִׂיַּת דָּבָר קֵהֶה, בִּלְתִּי חַד. קֵהֶה מַשְׁמָע גַּם גּוֹרֵם לִתְחוּשַׁת חֹמֶץ בִּלְתִּי נְעִימָה).

("בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם לֹא יֹאמְרוּ עוֹד אָבוֹת אָכְלוּ בֹסֶר וְשִׁנֵּי בָנִים תִּקְהֶינָה -יִרְמְיָה לֹא כֹּחַ, וְכֵן:"רָשָׁע מַה הוּא אוֹמֵר? מָה הָעֲבֹדָה הַזֹּאת לָכֶם....וְאַף אַתָּה הַקְהֵה אֶת שִׁנָּיו וֶאֱמֹר לוֹ: בַּעֲבוּר זֶה עָשָׂה ה' לִי בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם"- הַגָּדָה שֶׁל פֶּסַח)

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