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单词 tooth and nail
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tooth and nail

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adverb

with all one's resources or energy; fiercely: We fought tooth and nail but lost.

Origin of tooth and nail

First recorded in 1525–35

Words nearby tooth and nail

tooshie, toot, tooth, toothache, toothache tree, tooth and nail, tooth ax, toothbrush, toothbrushing, tooth bud, tooth chisel
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Example sentences from the Web for tooth and nail

  • Imperiled as he is, he cannot recreate the tooth-and-nail desperation that fueled Shackleton.

    Polar Explorer vs. Reality TV Crew: Tim Jarvis in the Footsteps of Shackleton|Darrell Hartman|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • When I do, it will be a tooth-and-nail fight, and I must be equipped with facts, not theories.

    The Crevice|William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander

Cultural definitions for tooth and nail

tooth 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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