tooth and nail

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.

As a means of preventing tooth decay in those cities that do fluoridate, the practice certainly looks like a success.

As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

But on Tuesday, we saw another nail hammered into the already pretty tightly nailed down coffin of the two-state solution.

She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.

Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.

They were eaten too quickly, in long gulps of four-and-twenty hours at a time.

He walked over to the table and mixed two tumblers of whiskey-and-soda, wondering why he had not thought of it before.