Смысл: air-hammer

air-hammer[ʹeə͵hæmə]
n
<Í> 1. тех. пневматический молот
2. горн. отбойный молоток

hammer Идиома

a sack of hammers

a dead weight, a heavy object Don't throw me in the lake! I'll sink like a sack of hammers!

go at it hammer and tongs

fight with great strength or energy, have a bad argument They were going at it hammer and tongs when the police came to their house.

hammer and tongs

angrily, furiously, fight tooth and nail The two men were arguing - going at it hammer and tongs.

hammer out

remove, work out by discussion and debate The union and managers were able to hammer out an agreement before midnight last night.

hammered

very drunk, pissed, sloshed You were hammered, so I took your keys and drove you home.

sack of hammers

(See a sack of hammers)

hammer

1. the penis
2. a thug
3. the accelerator

hammer sth out

Idiom(s): hammer sth out

Theme: COMMUNICATION - WRITTEN

to work hard at writing up an agreement; to work hard at writing something. (As if one were hammering at the keys of a typewriter.)
• I’m busy hammering my latest novel out.
• The lawyers sat down to hammer out a contract.

hammer sth home

Idiom(s): hammer sth home

Theme: EXPLANATION

to try extremely hard to make someone understand or realize something.
• The teacher hammered the dates home.
• I tried to hammer home to Anne the fact that she would have to get a job.
• The boss hopes to hammer home the company's precarious financial position to the staff

hammer away

Idiom(s): hammer away (at sb or sth)

Theme: PERSISTENCE

to keep trying to accomplish something with someone or something.
• John, you've got to keep hammering away at your geometry.
• They hammered away at the prisoner until he confessed.
• They kept hammering away.

fight hammer and tongs

Idiom(s): fight sb or sth hammer and tongs AND fight sb or sth tooth and nail; go at it hammer and tongs; go at it tooth and nail

Theme: FIGHTING

to fight against someone or something energetically and with great determination. (All have fixed order.)
• They fought against the robber tooth and nail.
• The dogs were fighting each other hammer and tongs.
• The mayor fought the new law hammer and tongs.
• We'll fight this zoning ordinance tooth and nail.

Crack a nut with a sledgehammer

If you use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, you apply too much force to achieve a result. ('Jackhammer' is also used.)

Go under the hammer

If something goes under the hammer, it is sold in an auction.

Mad as a bag of hammers

Someone who is as mad as a bag of hammers is crazy or stupid. ('Daft as a bag of hammers' is also used.)

go at it hammer and tongs|go|hammer|hammer and ton

v. phr., informal 1. To attack or fight with great strength or energy; have a bad argument. Bill slapped George's face and now they're going at it hammer and tongs in back of the house. Helen and Mary have been arguing all day, and now they are going at it hammer and tongs again. 2. To start or do something with much strength, energy, or enthusiasm. The farmer had to chop down a tree and he went at it hammer and tongs. Charles had a lot of homework to do and he went at it hammer and tongs till bedtime.
Compare: IN EARNEST, WITH MIGHT AND MAIN.

go under the hammer|go|hammer|under the hammer

v. phr. To be auctioned off. Our old family paintings went under the hammer when my father lost his job.

hammer and tongs|fight|fight tooth and nail|hammer

adv. phr. Violently. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been at it all day, hammer and tongs.

hammer at|hammer|hammer away at

v. 1. To work steadily at; keep at. That lesson is not easy, but hammer away at it and you will get it right. 2. To talk about again and again; emphasize. The speaker hammered at his opponent's ideas.

hammer out|hammer

v. 1. To write or produce by hard work. The President sat at his desk till midnight hammering out his speech for the next day. 2. To remove, change, or work out by discussion and debate; debate and agree on (something). Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Green have hammered out their difference of opinion. The club members have hammered out an agreement between the two groups.
Compare: IRON OUT.

under the hammer|hammer|under

adv. phr. Up for sale at auction. The Brights auctioned off the entire contents of their home. Mrs. Bright cried when her pewter collection went under the hammer. The picture I wanted to bid on came under the hammer soon after I arrived.

hammer away at

hammer away at
Keep at something continuously, as in The reporters hammered away at the candidate. This phrase employs hammer in the sense of “beat repeatedly,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s.

under the hammer

under the hammer
For sale, as in These paintings and Oriental rugs must come under the hammer if we're to pay the mortgage. This expression alludes to the auctioneer's hammer, which is rapped to indicate a completed transaction. [Mid-1800s]