Makes my teeth itch.

Garson O'Toole adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM
Mon Mar 19 02:51:05 UTC 2012


Larry Sheldon wrote
> Subject:      Makes my teeth itch.
> "We are in the final throws of ...."

The eggcorns database has:
throes >> throws
Chiefly in:   throws of passion , death throws
Spotted in the wild:

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/250/throws/

Found with a Google search on:
throws throes eggcorns

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