fight tooth and nail
US /faɪt tʊθ ənd neɪl/
・UK /faɪt tu:θ ənd neɪl/
B2 中高級
idm.激烈奮戰，不惜一切
She fought tooth and nail to protect her family’s honor.
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星巴克現在到底在紅什麼？☕️😩 (Why Starbucks Sucks Now)
- I don't think people thought that Starbucks was going to be like, "Yes, this is a worker-owned co-op now," but I don't think they expected the company to fight tooth and nail, you know, at least in the beginning, for every advance that these workers wanted.
「我們這一區總共已經有 10 名工會背景的咖啡師被解雇了。」
- But I don't think they expected the company to fight tooth and nail, you know, at least in the beginning, for every advance that these workers wanted.
但我想他們沒料到公司會如此頑強抵抗，至少在初期，對於工人要求的每一項進展都寸步不讓。
歐巴馬總統在華爾街日報 CEO 年會上發表演說！ (President Obama Speaks at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Annual Meeting)
- And the last point I'll make is that in terms of expectation setting, there's no doubt that in an environment in which we had to fight tooth and nail to get this passed, it ended up being passed on a partisan basis--not for lack of trying, because I met with an awful lot of Republicans trying to get them to go along, but
和工人為二十一世紀經濟的需求做好準備。
- we had to fight tooth and nail to get this passed,
我們必須全力以赴才能通過的環境中，
【6分鐘英語】你用自己的咖啡杯嗎？ (Coffee cups: Do you use your own? Listen to 6 Minute English)
- In fact I'd "fight tooth and nail" to keep hold of my reusable, which is quite a coincidence as that was our last expression today.
事實上，我會「竭盡全力」堅持使用我的環保杯，剛好也就是我們今天要介紹的最後一個字。
- "To fight tooth and nail" means to make a strong effort to try to stop something or achieve something.
To fight tooth and nail 的意思是「竭盡全力阻止或達成某事」。