fight tooth and nail 악착같이 이빨과 손발톱으로 싸우다

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fight tooth and nail

악착같이 이빨과 손발톱으로 싸우다

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Definition of 'to fight tooth and nail'

If you fight tooth and nail to do something, you do everything you can in order to achieve it.

If you fight something tooth and nail, you do everything you can in order to prevent it.

He fought tooth and nail to keep his job.



“Fight tooth and nail” is an idiom that means to try very hard to achieve or prevent something, using all available resources. For example, you might fight tooth and nail to keep your job or get a promotion.

Fight tooth and nail

Meaning

To do everything you can to achieve or prevent something

Examples

"I'm going to fight tooth and nail for that promotion"

Synonyms

All out, full blast

Here are some other examples of using “fight tooth and nail” in a sentence:

“We fought tooth and nail to get the route of the new road changed”.

“I will fight tooth and nail to get that money back for us”.

“We had to fight tooth and nail to get the government to admit they were wrong”.

“He fought tooth and nail to keep his job”.

“Unions pledged to fight any compulsory redundancies 'tooth and nail'”.

The expression‎ “fight tooth and nail” alludes to biting and scratching. It was first recorded in 1576.