Give One's Eye Teeth (to Do Something) Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Give One's Eye Teeth (to Do Something) Idiom mean?

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give one's eye teeth (to do something) What does give one's eye teeth (to do something) mean?	to want to do something very much	I would give my eye teeth to go to London with my cousin.
give one's eye teeth (to do something) What does give one's eye teeth (to do something) mean?	to want to do something very much	The little boy would give his eye teeth to have a little puppy.
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Give One's Eye Teeth (to Do Something) Idiom