Question of the Day #1300

People Fight Tooth and Nail to Unionize, but They Shouldn’t Need To

From the headline of this article at Newsweek.

  上記の文で、fight tooth and nailの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "fight tooth and nail" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

必死［猛烈］に戦う

   

Answer

According to the Cambridge Dictionary:

to try very hard to get something you want

 

Examples

1. We fought tooth and nail to get the route of the new road changed.
2. "This company which has been here for more than 150 years we will fight tooth and nail to protect and maintain jobs for future generations," he said. From BBC
3. Ms Byrne said she had seen pupils in their final years of secondary school who could "barely read and write" and had had to "fight tooth and nail" to get support for her own child. From BBC
4. We fight tooth and nail to keep this band together because we saw the way that U2 were. From Los Angeles Times
5. “We’ve always had to fight tooth and nail for our place in this world,” the group said in a news release Wednesday. From Seattle Times

   

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