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Salam1101 Posted 21 years ago
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Hi
When someone talk about a sour food or fruit, I feel my mouth produce more saliva. How can I describe it?
Thanks in advance
When someone talk about a sour food or fruit, I feel my mouth produce more saliva. How can I describe it?
Thanks in advance
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How about "salivate"?
- How about "salivate"?
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Thanks CJ, I appreciate your help. Can I say my mouth is slobbering as well?
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"My mouth is watering" or "that makes my mouth water" is a neutral, polite thing to say (Oh, that smells so good, it makes my mouth water.") "Slobbering" has a much more negative, messy, impolite connotation - "Your dog is slobbering all over me!"
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"A slobbering baby." calif jim is right, 'make sb's mouth water' a traditional idom and the idiomatic compound 'mouth-watering' are the only ones corresponding to what you intend to say,where as slobber has a rather pejorative connotation, and 'slobber over' has a totally different meaning( behaving in an excessively sentimental way towards someone). Be careful while using 'slobber over.'
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