fight tooth and nail
US /faɪt tʊθ ənd neɪl/
・UK /faɪt tu:θ ənd neɪl/
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idm.Fight fiercely and with maximum effort to achieve or defend something.
She fought tooth and nail to protect her family’s honor.
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What does 'to fight tooth and nail' mean?
- fight tooth and nail to get them to change
fight tooth and nail to get them to change
- so. I'm going to fight tooth and nail to get them to change their mind.
so. I'm going to fight tooth and nail to get them to change their mind.
Why Starbucks Sucks Now
- I don't think people thought that Starbucks was going to be like, "Yes, this is a worker-owned co-op now," but I don't think they expected the company to fight tooth and nail, you know, at least in the beginning, for every advance that these workers wanted.
I don't think people thought that Starbucks was going to be like, "Yes, this is a worker-owned co-op now," but I don't think they expected the company to fight tooth and nail, you know, at least in the beginning, for every advance that these workers wanted.
- But I don't think they expected the company to fight tooth and nail, you know, at least in the beginning, for every advance that these workers wanted.
But I don't think they expected the company to fight tooth and nail, you know, at least in the beginning, for every advance that these workers wanted.
Coffee cups: Do you use your own? Listen to 6 Minute English
- In fact I'd "fight tooth and nail" to keep hold of my reusable, which is quite a coincidence as that was our last expression today.
In fact I'd "fight tooth and nail" to keep hold of my reusable, which is quite a coincidence as that was our last expression today.
- "To fight tooth and nail" means to make a strong effort to try to stop something or achieve something.
"To fight tooth and nail" means to make a strong effort to try to stop something or achieve something.
President Obama Speaks at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Annual Meeting
- And the last point I'll make is that in terms of expectation setting, there's no doubt that in an environment in which we had to fight tooth and nail to get this passed, it ended up being passed on a partisan basis--not for lack of trying, because I met with an awful lot of Republicans trying to get them to go along, but
And the last point I'll make is that in terms of expectation setting, there's no doubt that in an environment in which we had to fight tooth and nail to get this passed, it ended up being passed on a partisan basis--not for lack of trying, because I met with an awful lot of Republicans trying to get them to go along, but
- we had to fight tooth and nail to get this passed,
we had to fight tooth and nail to get this passed,