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sweet tooth сладкоежка MEANING: ORIGIN: a great desire to eat sweet foods, especially those with lots of sugar, such as jams, candies, and pastries With his sweet tooth, it will be nearly impossible for Jim to stay on a diet. Even in the 1500s, when this famous idiom was first used, people loved sweets. This yearning was called having a sweet tooth. Perhaps people thought that one tooth had a craving for salty foods, another for sour foods, and one for sweet foods. At first, sweet tooth referred to sweetmeats, wines, and pastries, but today it is used to describe only a craving for cakes, pies, and other sugary foods. 126