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Old 12-Nov-2006, 16:24
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Originally Posted by JACOOL View Post
talking of budy's parts in idioms, what is that idiom includes"nail and tooth" or something similar to that thanks for help
It's a binomial, so the order is fixed: 'tooth and nail'. The two boys were fighting tooth and nail - fighting very fiercely, using fair means or foul.

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