hammer and tongs

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)In a manner indicatingseriousnessofintentandcapabilityofharm.When they had an argument they went at ithammer and tongs.1928,D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XIV, inLady Chatterley’s Lover,[Germany?]: Privately printed,→OCLC:She sort of let things go, didn't get me a proper dinner when I came home from work, and if I said anything, flew out at me. And I flew back,hammer and tongs.

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