tooth and tong

副词 adv.

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Presenting a vigorous and unified opposition.
    — In 1935, I think it was, when a number of Senators and Congressmen introduced grain alcohol bills similar to the one Senator Mundt and I have introduced—but we are told those bills were fought tooth and tong by the oil interests, hence never became law.

词形变化

more tooth and tong comparative most tooth and tong superlative

词源

Blend of tooth and nail + hammer and tongs.
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