Definition

1. Verb:
   • To have something stuck in one's teeth: The primary meaning of "giắt răng" is to have a small piece of food or a foreign object lodged between the teeth.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau khi ăn ngô, tôi thường bị giắt răng. (After eating corn, I often get food stuck in my teeth.)
  • Anh ấy cảm thấy khó chịu vì bị giắt răng. (He feels uncomfortable because something is stuck in his teeth.)
  • Dùng chỉ nha khoa để lấy thức ăn giắt răng. (Use dental floss to remove food stuck between your teeth.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is typically used in its passive form "bị giắt răng" (to have something stuck in one's teeth) to describe the common, often annoying, experience.

Variants and Related Words

• Giắt (v): to tuck, to insert, to lodge something into a narrow space.
• Kẽ răng (n): the gap between teeth, interdental space.

Synonyms

• To have food lodged in one's teeth: The most direct synonym describing the condition.
• To have something caught between one's teeth: A common alternative phrasing.

Related Idioms

• While "giắt răng" itself is not an idiom, it is a standard descriptive phrase. A related figurative expression is:
  • Cười giắt răng: To smile broadly, showing one's teeth (literally, 'to smile showing teeth').

    • Cô ấy cười giắt răng khi nhận được quà. (She smiled broadly when she received the gift.)