歯が立たない

はがたたない

unable to compete with, not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem), not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight)

顔が立つ

かおがたつ

to save one's face, to maintain one's status

気が立つ

きがたつ

to be excited about, to get all worked up about

筆が立つ

ふでがたつ

good writer, wielding a facile pen

フラグが立つ

フラグがたつ

flagged

キャラが立つ

キャラがたつ

to have a well-defined character (of video game, anime, etc. character), to stand out as a character

腹が立つ

はらがたつ

to get angry, to take offense, to take offence, to be furious

薹が立つ

とうがたつ

to become hard and fibrous, to go to seed, to have passed one's prime, to have lost the first bloom of one's youth

噂が立つ

うわさがたつ

to have a rumor circulating

背が立つ

せがたつ

to have one's feet reach the bottom (e.g. when standing in water)

口が立つ

くちがたつ

to be eloquent, to have a way with words

年が立つ

としがたつ

the New Year begins

泡が立つ

あわがたつ

to bubble, to foam, to froth

弁が立つ

べんがたつ

to be eloquent, to have a way with words

筋が立つ

すじがたつ

to make sense, to be consistent

角が立つ

かどがたつ

to worsen (of a relationship), to get stormy

腕が立つ

うでがたつ

to be talented, to be able

立つ

たつ

to stand, to rise, to stand up

面目が立つ

めんもくがたつ めんぼくがたつ

to save one's face