fight tooth and nail

1 to try very hard to do or achieve something, or to prevent something 全力以赴（争取某事物）

He’s rich now, but he had to fight tooth and nail for it.

他现在有钱了，但那是他奋斗出来的。

→ fight tooth and nail (for something)/fight something tooth and nail at fight1(4)

2 FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethingto try with a lot of effort or determination to do something 竭尽全力；坚决

We fought tooth and nail to get these plans accepted.

我们全力争取让这些计划被接受。

Examples from the Corpus

fight tooth and nail• He would also fight tooth and nail to keep her from the likes of Tommy Allen.• Legislation aimed at forcing the power firms to clean up their act is being fought tooth and nail by the polluters.• He fought tooth and nail for 15 months before going to sleep one final night last week.• They fought tooth and nail through an initial series of leagues and finished in seven knockout matches.• They fought tooth and nail to protect the solicitors' monopoly of conveyancing but eventually compromised by not objecting to licensed conveyancers.• We had to fight tooth and nail to get the government to admit they were wrong.

→ fight tooth and nail at tooth(2)

单词	fight tooth and nail
释义	fight tooth and nail fight tooth and nail 1 to try very hard to do or achieve something, or to prevent something 全力以赴（争取某事物） He’s rich now, but he had to fight tooth and nail for it. 他现在有钱了，但那是他奋斗出来的。 → fight tooth and nail (for something)/fight something tooth and nail at fight1(4) 2 FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethingto try with a lot of effort or determination to do something 竭尽全力；坚决 We fought tooth and nail to get these plans accepted. 我们全力争取让这些计划被接受。 Examples from the Corpus fight tooth and nail• He would also fight tooth and nail to keep her from the likes of Tommy Allen.• Legislation aimed at forcing the power firms to clean up their act is being fought tooth and nail by the polluters.• He fought tooth and nail for 15 months before going to sleep one final night last week.• They fought tooth and nail through an initial series of leagues and finished in seven knockout matches.• They fought tooth and nail to protect the solicitors' monopoly of conveyancing but eventually compromised by not objecting to licensed conveyancers.• We had to fight tooth and nail to get the government to admit they were wrong. → fight tooth and nail at tooth(2)
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