tooth and nail

咬牙切齿,以牙还牙,咬牙切齿地,钉子户

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb

1
- : with all one's resources or energy; fiercely: We fought tooth and nail but lost.

adv.with force and ferocity

Synonyms

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.
As a means of preventing tooth decay in those cities that do fluoridate, the practice certainly looks like a success.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
But on Tuesday, we saw another nail hammered into the already pretty tightly nailed down coffin of the two-state solution.
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.
They were eaten too quickly, in long gulps of four-and-twenty hours at a time.
He walked over to the table and mixed two tumblers of whiskey-and-soda, wondering why he had not thought of it before.

咬牙切齿,以牙还牙,咬牙切齿地,钉子户

adv.副词 adverb

1
- : with all one's resources or energy; fiercely: We fought tooth and nail but lost.

adv.with force and ferocity

Synonyms

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.
As a means of preventing tooth decay in those cities that do fluoridate, the practice certainly looks like a success.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
But on Tuesday, we saw another nail hammered into the already pretty tightly nailed down coffin of the two-state solution.
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.
They were eaten too quickly, in long gulps of four-and-twenty hours at a time.
He walked over to the table and mixed two tumblers of whiskey-and-soda, wondering why he had not thought of it before.