in the teeth of

English

Preposition

in the teeth of

in spite of; in direct opposition to
- 1922, Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood, Chapter XXVII
  Having crossed the Caribbean in the teeth of contrary winds, it was not until the early days of April that the French fleet hove in sight of Cartagena [...]

Translations

agree or correspond; to be in harmony

Arabic: عَلَى اَلرُّغْم مِن‎ (ʿalā r-ruḡm min)
Egyptian Arabic: بالرغم من‎ (ber-raḡm men)

Russian: против (protiv) (ветра (vetra)) (prótiv (vétra)), напереко́р (ru) (naperekór), вопреки́ (ru) (voprekí)

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