be/go at sb/sth hammer and tongs是什么意思_英语组词翻译

词组

be/go at sb/sth hammer and tongs

释义

●be/go at sb/sth ˌhammer and ˈtongs

(informal)

do sth, especially argue or fight, with a lot of energy and noise 激烈争吵（或打斗）

◆The boss went at me hammer and tongs. I’ve never seen him so angry.
老板声嘶力竭地训斥我，我从没见他发这么大火。

◆The couple in the flat upstairs are always at it hammer and tongs.
楼上那对夫妇总是吵得天翻地覆。

ORIGIN This idiom refers to the loud noise made by a blacksmith at work when he is making horseshoes. He uses a pair of tongs to hold the hot iron and a hammer to beat the iron into the shape of the shoe. 这个习语原指铁匠打马蹄铁时发出的噪声。铁匠用钳子（tongs）夹住烧热的铁块，用锤子（hammer）打成蹄铁。

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