歯はの根ねが合あわない

expression, i-adjective

shivering with cold or fear; teeth chattering

Idiomatic expression describing uncontrollable shivering, often from cold or intense fear, where one's teeth chatter so much they feel like they don't meet properly.

• 寒さむくて歯はの根ねが合あわないほど震ふるえた。

  I was so cold I shivered until my teeth chattered.

• 恐きょう怖ふで歯はの根ねが合あわなかった。

  My teeth were chattering from fear.