单词 | tooth and nail |
释义 | tooth and nailSEE SYNONYMS FOR tooth and nail ON THESAURUS.COM adverbwith all one's resources or energy; fiercely: We fought tooth and nail but lost. Origin of tooth and nailFirst recorded in 1525–35 Words nearby tooth and nailtooshie, toot, tooth, toothache, toothache tree, tooth and nail, tooth ax, toothbrush, toothbrushing, tooth bud, tooth chisel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tooth and nail
Cultural definitions for tooth and nailtooth and nail To fight “tooth and nail” is to fight with the intensity and ferocity of a wild animal: “The resistance forces fought the invading troops tooth and nail.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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