Sink Your Teeth Into

Welcome to English in a Minute!

This expression sounds like

A violent way of eating.

But it’s actually not always about eating.

Here is your Russian book, Anna.

Thanks for letting me borrow it!

Oh, are you done with level 1 already?

Yeah, I finished last week.

And I’ve already finished level 2!

Wow, you are really

Sinking your teeth into learning Russian!

Well, I just want to impress my new friend.

To “sink your teeth into” something Can mean to take a very large bite of food!

But as an idiom,

It means to become very involved and interested in something new.

You might sink your teeth into a book,

A new project at work, or in Jonathan’s case, learning a language!

And that’s English in a Minute!