go at it hammer and tongs

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go at it hammer and tongs

To do something or perform some task with tremendous fervor, determination, energy, or forcefulness. An allusion to the force with which a blacksmith strikes metal using his or her hammer and tongs. What started as a minor disagreement has escalated into a heated argument, and the two have been going at it hammer and tongs ever since. I need to go at this paper hammer and tongs if I want to keep my A in the class.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ackary	['ækəri]
Helene	he-LEN (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), he-LE-nu (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Monika	MO-ni-kah (German), maw-NEE-kah (Polish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Kalysta	kə-LIS-tə	English (Rare)
Terhi	TER-hee	Finnish
Mijo	-	Croatian, Serbian