Idioms
as if enshrining one's ancestral tablet
The manner of treating something carefully and attentively as one cherishes it very much.
be unable to see food
To starve, eating or drinking nothing at all.
be unable to see food
To have nothing to eat due to a lack of food.
as if catching a louse
The manner of thoroughly searching for something by combing through it one by one.
this excuse and that excuse
A variety of excuses that one makes mainly in order to avoid doing something.
One's teeth fall out
For the mouth of a bottle or the brim of a dish, or a part of the blade of a knife to be chipped or broken.
grind[grind and drink] one's teeth
To have a grudge from strong resentment and fury and watch for a chance to take revenge.
There is no place[nothing] to tell
For the state or degree of something to be full with nothing more to comment.
clench[gnaw/bite] one's teeth
To be determined to get through a difficult situation.
clench[gnaw/bite] one's teeth
To endure a very difficult and tough situation.