Question

Fight Tooth and Nail to fight fiercely, furiously, and ferociously

Accepted Answer

The counselor had to separate two campers who were fighting tooth and nail. This vivid expression goes far back to a Latin proverb that became a French saying centuries later and finally came into English in 1562. When wild animals fight, they bite and claw each other. Sometimes people fight fiercely, as if they were animals fighting a deadly battle "tooth and nail."

Idiom	Fight Tooth and Nail
Example	The counselor had to separate two campers who were fighting tooth and nail.
Meaning	to fight fiercely, furiously, and ferociously
Origin	This vivid expression goes far back to a Latin proverb that became a French saying centuries later and finally came into English in 1562. When wild animals fight, they bite and claw each other. Sometimes people fight fiercely, as if they were animals fighting a deadly battle "tooth and nail."

Fight Tooth Nail Fighting Fiercely Animals Counselor Separate