лезть к черту в зубы

• ЛЕЗТЬ/ПОЛЕЗТЬ К ЧЕРТУ В ЗУ БЫ highly coll

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ to do sth. risky, dangerous, not thinking about the consequences:

- X лезет к чёрту в зубы{{}}≈ X sticks his neck out;

- X puts (sticks) his head in the lioris mouth.