with all one's might; very vigorously. Do you know that your
Validation Committee is working
hammer and tongs, and they wanted to
issue a new
certificate on
validation.
-Training Drills Demonstrated (5 July 1957) (informal) with all one's might; very
vigorous. And then carry this
subject of
study out through, not on a
dilettante, but on a
professional,
hammer and tongs basis, you see?
- Study and Education (13 Aug. 64) using all one's might; very vigorously. 'We's also a
preclear of mine and you two
guys go at it
hammer and tongs and
fix yourselves up, huh, and I'll supervise the thing."
-The Auditor's Public (23 Aug. 55) (informal) with great vigor,
energy, determination and sometimes violence. Tongs are a tool used by blacksmiths to take a
hot metal
object, such as a horseshoe, out of a
fire. The
object is then held on an anvil (
iron or
steel block) while it is struck vigorously and repeatedly with a
hammer to shape it. The expression "
hammer and tongs" figuratively describes something being done with a
similar intensity to this
action. If you never made one more
auditor, if we just took the auditors we had at this
particular moment and everybody audited
hammer and tongs, seven-and-a-half hours a
day for the next ten years or something like that, you add it up and you compare it to the
world's population and you get a
drop in the bucket.
-Training Duplication (24 Jan. 62) (colloquial) with all one's might; very vigorously.
(colloquial) with all one's might; very
vigorous.
using all one's might; very vigorously.
using all one's might; very
vigorous.
with all one's might; very vigorously.
m. with great vigor,
energy, determination, etc. A
hammer and tongs are the
principal tools used by a blacksmith. Tongs are used to take a
hot metal
object, such as a horseshoe, out of a
fire. The
object is then held on an anvil and struck vigorously and repeatedly with a
hammer to shape it. The expression
hammer and tongs figuratively describes something being done with a
similar intensity to this
action.
(colloquial) with all one's might; very
vigorous. And then carry this
subject of
study out through, not on a
dilettante, but on a
professional,
hammer and tongs basis, you see?
- Study and Education (13 Aug. 64)