HAMMER AND TONGS


Meaning of HAMMER AND TONGS in English

( Colloquial expression used adverbially .) Strenuously, vigorously, earnestly, zealously, resolutely, energetically, with all one's might, with might and main, tooth and nail, through thick and thin, through fire and water, pugnis et calcibus .

Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms.      Словарь английских синонимов.