be at (one) hammer and tongs

To be aggressively confronting one. If the boss blames you for this printing mishap, he'll be at you hammer and tongs in no time.

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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be/go at somebody/something hammer and tongs
tongs
go at (one) hammer and tongs
go under the hammer
come under the hammer
come/go under the hammer
hammer into
hammer into and pound into
hammer (something) into (someone or something)
hammer down

词组	be at (one) hammer and tongs
释义	be at (one) hammer and tongs be at (one) hammer and tongs To be aggressively confronting one. If the boss blames you for this printing mishap, he'll be at you hammer and tongs in no time. 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: be/go at somebody/something hammer and tongs tongs go at (one) hammer and tongs go under the hammer come under the hammer come/go under the hammer hammer into hammer into and pound into hammer (something) into (someone or something) hammer down
随便看	take it from me, (you can) take it from there take it from the top take it in stride, to take it in the neck take it into (one's) head (to do something) take it into your head take it into your head to do something take it like a man take it lying down, to take it one day at a time take it on (oneself) to (do something) take it on the chin take it on the lam take it on the nose take it on/upon yourself to do something take it or leave it take it out of one take it out of (one) take it out of somebody take it out on take it out on somebody take it out on (someone or something) take it out on someone/something take it outside