armed to the teeth
Maximally prepared militarily
Armed to the teeth means carrying many weapons or being extremely well-equipped for combat.
The phrase evokes someone so heavily armed that weapons extend from hands to mouth.
It now applies figuratively to any thorough preparation: The lawyers came armed to the teeth with precedents.
Security forces arrived armed to the teeth.
- firepowerCombat weapon effectiveness
- weaponryMilitary equipment collectively
- military gradeArmed forces quality standard
- arsenalStockpile of munitions
- gunsProjectile-launching weapons
ammunition · ordnance · firearms · rifles · locked and loaded · loaded for bear · overprepared · decked out · grenades · mobilized · war footing · fortified · cannons · bayonets · defensive · sidearms · pistols · tactical gear
- combat idiomsstab in the back, dodge a bullet, in the crosshairs, fire away, take a shot
armed to the teethunarmed
Having no weapons
defenseless · weaponless · disarmed · without a weapon · unequipped
armed to the teethvulnerable
Open to attack
unprotected · defenseless · undefended · exposed · helpless
armed to the teethharmless
Causing no injury
unthreatening · peaceable · meek · nonthreatening · toothless
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