English-Portuguese translations for tooth and nail

• com unhas e dentes
  Lutaremos com unhas e dentes contra esta Comissão, nos próximos anos. We will fight this Commission tooth and nail in the coming years.
  A Comissão não está agora aqui representada, mas certamente que defenderá esse direito com unhas e dentes. The Commission is not here at the moment, but it will certainly defend that right tooth and nail.
  O PVV vai lutar contra esta proposta com unhas e dentes e, consequentemente, vai votar peremptoriamente contra. The PVV will fight this proposal tooth and nail and will, therefore, also be wholeheartedly voting against it.

Definition of tooth and nail

• Viciously; with all one's strength or power; without holding back

Examples

• For a century, the two families fought tooth and nail over control of the land.

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