навязнуть в зубах

• НАВЯЗНУТЬ В ЗУБАХ (у кого) highly coll

[VP; subj: usu. abstr; usu. past]

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⇒ to become unbearably boring, annoying to s.o. (because of its monotony, endless repetitions etc):

- X навяз у Y-а в зубах{{}}≈ X bored Y to death (to tears);

- Y was sick to death (sick and tired) of X;

- Y had had enough of X;

- Y was fed up (to the teeth) with X;

- Y had had it up to here (with X);

- [of a topic of conversation, discussion etc] X had been talked to death (into the ground).

     ♦ [author's usage] Мне было скучно объяснять навязшие на зубах российские несчастья, но пришлось (Лимонов 1). It was boring for me to explain Russia's misfortunes, I was sick to death of them, but I had to (1a).

     ♦ "Сегодня уже все знают, что есть человек. Что с человеком делать - вот вопрос. Да и то, признаться, уже навяз в зубах" (Стругацкие 1). "Today everybody knows what man is. The problem is what to do with him. And even that one's been talked to death" (1a).