Famous quotes containing the words upper and/or teeth:
“If the upper beams are not straight, the lower beams will be crooked.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ezekiel, 18:2.
Proverbial reproach by God, concerning the land of Israel. The same image is used in Jeremiah 31:29.