When someone expresses her/his irritation by making a lateral click (made by sucking the molars on either side of the teeth) and simultaneously opening her/his lips into a grimace, followed by a hissing intake of breath through the molars, let it be known that I first described it thus:
"She/he expressed her/his irritation by making a noise like a match being struck."
If you understood the sound I was talking about, you'd see that my way of describing it is elegant and accurate.
This could be shortened to the more abstract and colloquial
"Her/his mouth struck a match."
"She/he expressed her/his irritation by making a noise like a match being struck."
If you understood the sound I was talking about, you'd see that my way of describing it is elegant and accurate.
This could be shortened to the more abstract and colloquial
"Her/his mouth struck a match."
Hmmm, I wonder why I hear this sound so often.
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