单词 | hammer and tongs |
释义 | hammer and tongsphrase See full dictionary entry for hammerIf you say that someone was going at something hammer and tongs, you mean that they were doing it with great enthusiasm or energy. He loved gardening. He went at it hammer and tongs as soon as he got back from work. They yell, shout and argue. For six hours a night they go at it, hammer and tongs. hammer and tongs in British Englishwith great effort or energy fighting hammer and tongs hammer and tongs in American English with all one's might; very vigorously Examples of 'hammer and tongs' in a sentence |
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