go at one another tooth and nail



go at one another tooth and nail

Fig. to fight one another like animals. (One another can also be each other.) The man and his wife went at one another tooth and nail. The children would go at one another tooth and nail almost every evening.
See also: and, another, nail, one, tooth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Danieladahn-YE-lah (German)Italian, German, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Portuguese, Spanish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, English
Seong-Minsung-meenKorean
ArielAR-ee-əl (English), ER-ee-əl (English), AY-ree-əl (English)Hebrew, English, French, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Padmini-Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Shakti-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi
TommieTAHM-eeEnglish