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What does the phrase you better hang on tooth and nail mean?

With all your might. The expression is to fight tooth and nail, not to hang on. It means to resist something, usually an idea, the way a trapped animal resists being picked up in your hands. We say, for example, So-called Conservatives fought the Civil Rights movement tooth and nail.


What does tooth and nail mean?

Engage in vigorous combat or make a strenuous effort, using all one's resources. For example, I'm going to fight tooth and nail for that promotion. This expression, with its allusion to biting and scratching, was first recorded in 1576.


What are the Esperanto words for tooth and nail?

The Esperanto words for tooth and nail are dento and najlo.


What are all of Hawk Nelson's CDs?

# Live Life Loud, 2009 [Tooth & Nail] # Let's Dance: The Remixes EP, 2009 [Tooth & Nail] # One Little Miracle Digital EP, 2008 [Tooth & Nail] # Hawk Nelson Is My Friend, 2008 [Tooth & Nail] # Hawk Nelson Is My Friend: Special Edition, 2008 [Tooth & Nail] # Gloria EP, 2006 [Tooth & Nail] # Smile, It's The End Of The World, 2006 [Tooth & Nail] # Connect Sets EP (online only), 2006 [Tooth & Nail/Sony Connect] # Letters To The President: Deluxe Edition, 2005 [Tooth & Nail] # Letters To The President, 2004 [Tooth & Nail] # California EP, 2004 [Tooth & Nail] # Saturday Rock Action, 2003 (independent) # Riding Around The Park, 2000 (independent) (as SWISH)


What does armed to the tooth mean?

It Is a hyperbole stating you are heavily armed


What is the meaning of tooth and nail?

If your asking for the literal definition, it means With force and ferocity If your asking for other answers, it may include Tooth and Nail, a society in college Tooth and Nail, a record company


What is the meaning of the idiom 'tooth and nail'?

The Idiom actually reads 'Fighting tooth and Nail'. It means to give everything you've got, literally every tooth and nail in your body, to win a struggle.


What is the other phrase tooth and?

'Tooth and nail' is the complete phrase.


What figure of speech is this expression and what does it mean 'the beautiful angel'?

Hyperbole


Does hair nail and tooth have cells?

cell


What are the release dates for Ax Men - 2008 Tooth and Nail - 7.17?

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What are the release dates for Baby Talk - 1991 Tooth and Nail 1-10?

Baby Talk - 1991 Tooth and Nail 1-10 was released on: USA: 30 April 1991