Give Ones Eye Teeth To Do Something Or For Something Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Give Ones Eye Teeth To Do Something Or For Something Idiom mean?

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give one's eye teeth (to do something or for something) What does give one's eye teeth (to do something or for something) mean?	to want to do something very much, to want something very much	I would give my eye teeth to go to London with my cousin. I would give my eye teeth for a new computer.
give one's eye teeth (to do something) or for (something) What does give one's eye teeth (to do something) or for (something) mean?	to want to do something very much, to want something very much	The little boy would give his eye teeth to have a little puppy.
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Give Ones Eye Teeth To Do Something Or For Something Idiom