give an eye-tooth

Verb

 * 1) * c. 1639 published 1655, James Shirley, The Politician, act 1, scene 1, from The dramatic works and poems of James Shirley, page 94:
 * How his frown Hath scatter'd them like leaves! they fly from him As nimbly as their bodies had no more weight Than their petitions. I would give an eye-tooth, To read but three lines.
 * How his frown Hath scatter'd them like leaves! they fly from him As nimbly as their bodies had no more weight Than their petitions. I would give an eye-tooth, To read but three lines.