be at it hammer and tongs

To do something or perform some task with tremendous fervor, determination, energy, or forcefulness. An allusion to the force with which a blacksmith strikes metal using a hammer and tongs. What started as a minor disagreement has escalated into a heated argument, and the two have been at it hammer and tongs ever since.

be/go at somebody/something ˌhammer and ˈtongs

(informal) do something, especially argue or fight, with a lot of energy and noise: The boss went at me hammer and tongs. I’ve never seen him so angry. The couple in the flat upstairs are always at it hammer and tongs.This idiom refers to the loud noise made by a blacksmith at work when he is making horseshoes. He uses a pair of tongs to hold the hot iron and a hammer to beat the iron into the shape of the shoe.

See also: and, go, hammer, somebody, something, tongs

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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go at it hammer and tongs
go at it tooth and nail
hammer and tongs
hammer and tongs, go at it
fight (someone or something) hammer and tongs
fight hammer and tongs
on the attack
temper (something) with (something)
temper with
strike out at (something or some place)

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释义	be at it hammer and tongs be at it hammer and tongs To do something or perform some task with tremendous fervor, determination, energy, or forcefulness. An allusion to the force with which a blacksmith strikes metal using a hammer and tongs. What started as a minor disagreement has escalated into a heated argument, and the two have been at it hammer and tongs ever since. See also: and, hammer, tongs Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. be/go at somebody/something ˌhammer and ˈtongs (informal) do something, especially argue or fight, with a lot of energy and noise: The boss went at me hammer and tongs. I’ve never seen him so angry. The couple in the flat upstairs are always at it hammer and tongs.This idiom refers to the loud noise made by a blacksmith at work when he is making horseshoes. He uses a pair of tongs to hold the hot iron and a hammer to beat the iron into the shape of the shoe. See also: and, go, hammer, somebody, something, tongs Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: go at it hammer and tongs go at it tooth and nail hammer and tongs hammer and tongs, go at it fight (someone or something) hammer and tongs fight hammer and tongs on the attack temper (something) with (something) temper with strike out at (something or some place)
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