Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “in the teeth of“ and its meaning is “in opposition to, in defiance of, in contempt of, run contrary to, directly against, defying, with disregard for, disregarding, setting aside”.
Example Sentence: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 27, 2024) stayed a July 1, 2024 notification issued by the AYUSH Ministry in which Rule 170 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 was “omitted”. A Bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Sandeep Mehta told Additional Solicitor-General K. Nataraj that the notification was in the teeth of a May 7, 2024 order passed by the Supreme Court in a contempt case against Patanjali Ayurved Limited, a company co-founded by yoga guru Baba Ramdev.
This phrase is present in Supreme Court stays AYUSH Ministry’s notification omitting a rule prohibiting misleading ads and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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