hammer and tongs
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“Sen. Harris is a surprising choice considering just how hard she went after him — I mean, with hammer and tongs — over busing, issues of racial equality,” Colbert said on “The Late Show.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2020
They have gone at each other hammer and tongs in swimsuits, leotards and running shorts on fields of play but mostly been the picture of grace once done with competing.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 17, 2016
On one occasion, as I came in to the dressing room, Roy and Ruud van Nistelrooy were at it, hammer and tongs.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2013
The players in red and those in blue demonstrated that by going at each other like hammer and tongs at Old Trafford.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2013
He dropped the hammer and tongs from his hands and snatched a pitchfork from the wall.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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