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General Slang
back teeth are floating
BAK TEETH ar FLOH-ting · phrase · informal
Desperately needing to urinate.
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Another vivid way to say one urgently needs the bathroom.
“Pull over, my back teeth are floating.”
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back teeth are floating In A Sentence
Pull over, my back teeth are floating.
Origin & Usage
Southern hyperbolic idiom; the fullness is imagined reaching all the way up to the back teeth.
Variants
my back teeth are floating
People Also Ask
What does "back teeth are floating" mean?
It's a vivid, humorous way to say you desperately need to urinate.
Where is "back teeth are floating" from?
It's a Southern hyperbolic idiom — the fullness is imagined reaching all the way up to your back teeth.
How is it different from "my eyeballs are floating"?
They mean the same thing; both exaggerate a full bladder, just picturing a different body part.
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