fight tooth and claw



fight tooth and claw/nail

to fight very hard to achieve something (often + to do sth) We fought tooth and nail to retain our share of the business.
See also: and, claw, fight, tooth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GabrielĖ-Lithuanian
ElinE-lin (Swedish, Norwegian)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Welsh
Xochilt-Spanish
Sylvainseel-VENFrench
Donatodo-NAH-to (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Zhen-Chinese