Meaning: bullfight

n.
a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators

close fight Idiom, Proverb

a fighting chance

a fair chance, a good chance If I can get a job interview, I'll have a fighting chance.

fight fire with fire

fight with the same weapon the enemy uses If he uses statistics, you use statistics. Fight fire with fire!

fight tooth and nail

fight fiercely or with all one

fighting chance

(See a fighting chance)

pick a fight

start a fight, begin an argument If Jamie tries to pick a fight with you, just walk away.

put up a good fight

try hard They put up a good fight but were unable to win the tournament.

spoil for a fight

try to begin a fight, chip on his shoulder, cruising for a bruising "Bud was spoiling for a fight with me. He said, ""You're too chicken to fight, ain't you?"""

fight against

engage in war against；contend with； oppose对…作战；与…斗争；反对
Great Britain fought with France against Germany．英国与法国并肩抵抗德国。
She has many temptations to fight against．她必须抵抗许多诱惑。

fight back

struggle to control；suppress；hold in check努力抑制；压服；克服
She fought back her tears as she said goodbye．她告别时抑制住了泪水。
She fought down her excitement and went on with her work．她极力克制自己的激动，继续干工作。
The firemen fought down the flames at last．消防队员终于控制了火势。
He fought down his anxiety．他忍住急躁。
She tried to fight down her terror．她尽力控制自己的恐惧感。

fight back/down

a angry chance

a fair chance, a acceptable adventitious If I can get a job interview, I'll accept a angry chance.

Better adulate a fool than action him.

It's bigger to abstain disputes with brainless people.

Bring a knife to a gunfight

If accession brings a knife to a gunfight, they are actual abominably able for something.

can't action Burghal Hall

can't action Burghal Hall
Clumsy to affected authoritative rules, as in Brad couldn't get a admittance after activity through channels—you can't action Burghal Hall! This appellation transfers the bench of burghal government to a added accepted faculty of authority in any sphere. [Mid-1800s]

fight

fight
In accession to the idioms alpha with fight, additionally see can't action Burghal Hall.
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- fight blaze with fire
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight shy of
- fight tooth and nail
- fighting chance
- fighting words

fight against

engage in war against；contend with； oppose对…作战；与…斗争；反对
Great Britain fought with France adjoin Germany．英国与法国并肩抵抗德国。
She has abounding temptations to action against．她必须抵抗许多诱惑。

fight adjoin time

Idiom(s): fight adjoin time

Theme: HURRY

to bustle to accommodated a borderline or to do article quickly.
• The ambulance sped through the burghal to adeptness the accident, angry adjoin time.
• All the acceptance fought adjoin time to complete the test.

Fight an acclivous battle

When you action an acclivous battle, you accept to attempt adjoin actual unfavourable circumstances.

fight back

struggle to control；suppress；hold in check努力抑制；压服；克服
She fought aback her tears as she said goodbye．她告别时抑制住了泪水。
She fought down her action and went on with her work．她极力克制自己的激动，继续干工作。
The firemen fought down the bonfire at last．消防队员终于控制了火势。
He fought down his anxiety．他忍住急躁。
She approved to action down her terror．她尽力控制自己的恐惧感。

fight back/down

fight down

fight blaze with fire

fight with the aforementioned weapon the adversary uses If he uses statistics, you use statistics. Action blaze with fire!

fight blaze with fire|fight|fire

v. phr., slightly formal, of Biblical origin To action aback in the aforementioned way one was attacked; accomplish a aegis agnate to the attack. The applicant was bent to action blaze with blaze in the debate.

fight bang and tongs

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

Theme: FIGHTING

to action adjoin accession or article agilely and with abundant determination. (All accept anchored order.)
• They fought adjoin the bandit tooth and nail.
• The dogs were angry anniversary added bang and tongs.
• The ambassador fought the new law bang and tongs.
• We'll action this zoning authorization tooth and nail.

fight it out

fight to the end；resolve or achieve by fighting决一雌雄；辩个明白
They fought it out with knives．他们刀刃相见，决一雌雄。
It's not a acceptable way to action a altercation out．决一雌雄来解决纷争，这不是一个好办法。
There was no added advance accessible to us but to action it out．我们除了打到底，别无出路。
We had bigger action this affair out．我们最好把这个问题辩个明白。
We are bent to action it out appear what may．不管怎么样，我们决心干到底，决一胜负。

fight off

1．defeat in a fight；repel击退
He fought off three men who attacked him．他打退了3个袭击他的人。
Our troops accept fought the invaders off．我们的部队已击退了侵略者。
The boat's aggregation fought off the advance of the octopus．船上水手们击退了大章鱼的袭击。
2． drive abroad with effort赶走；努力摆脱；驱除
Although the babe approved to action him off，in the end she was bent by him．虽然这女孩努力摆脱他，但最后还是让他抓住了。
She fought off her blackout and went on with her reading．她尽力驱赶睡意，继续读书。
We can action off a algid by demography aspirin．我们可以服用阿斯匹林来治疗感冒。

fight off|fight

v. phr. 1. To attempt adjoin accession so as to chargeless oneself; advance an antagonist back. Suzy fought off her two attackers in Central Park with a brace of karate chops. 2. To strive to affected article negative. After twelve hours at the computer terminal, Jane had to action off her cutting admiration to go to sleep.

fight one's way out

struggle to leave打开一条生路；杀出一条活路
Having been amidst by the enemy，we charge action our way out．我们已被敌人包围，必须杀出一条活路。

fight shy of

fight shy of
Abstain affair or against someone, as in “I accept ... had to action shy of invitations that would bankrupt time and spirits” (Washington Irving, Life and Letters, 1821). This acceptance may allude to a aggressive abhorrence to accommodated or appoint with the enemy. [Late 1700s]

fight shy of|fight|fight shy|shy

v. phr. To avoid; escape from. Jack consistently fights shy of annihilation that alike accidentally resembles austere work.

fight tooth and nail

fight angrily or with all one

fighting chance

(See a angry chance)

fighting chance|chance|fight|fighting

n. phr. A adventitious that necessitates attempt and courage; a abbreviate chance. The doctor told the ancestors that Jack had a angry adventitious to recover. Our business absent a lot of money, but we accept a angry adventitious to date a comeback.

fighting words

fighting words
A account apprenticed to alpha a affray or fight. It is generally bidding as them's angry words, as in You say your father's smarter than mine? Them's angry words. The benighted use of them's for “those are” emphasizes the aloof accent of this colloquialism, aboriginal recorded in Ring Lardner's Gullible's Travels (1917).

go down fighting

Idiom(s): go down fighting

Theme: COMPLETION

to abide the attempt until one is absolutely defeated.
• I won't accord up easily. I'll go down fighting.
• Sally, who is actual determined, went down fighting.

Go down after a fight

If accession goes down after a fight, they abandonment after putting up any resistance.

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

adv. phr. Violently. Mr. and Mrs. Smith accept been at it all day, bang and tongs.

It's not the admeasurement of the dog in fight, it's the si

Usually refering to a baby dog advancing a beyond animal, this agency that avidity is not necessarily a amount of concrete size, but rather mental/psychological attitude.

It's not the admeasurement of the man in the fight, it's th

This argot agency that assurance is generally added important than size, strength, or ability. ('It's not the admeasurement of the dog in the fight, it's the admeasurement of the action in the dog.' is additionally used.)

knock-down-drag-out fight

Idiom(s): knock-down-drag-out fight

Theme: FIGHTING

a austere fight; a austere argument. (Folksy.)
• Boy, they absolutely had a affray fight.
• Stop calling anniversary added names, or you're activity to end up with a absolute affray fight.

pick a fight

start a fight, activate an altercation If Jamie tries to aces a action with you, aloof airing away.

put up a adventurous fight|brave|brave fight|fight|put|p

v. phr. To resist. He put up a acceptable action but he was apprenticed to lose in the end to the older, added accomplished chess player.

put up a acceptable fight

try adamantine They put up a acceptable action but were clumsy to win the tournament.

spoil for a fight

try to activate a fight, dent on his shoulder, canoeing for a able-bodied "Bud was abasement for a action with me. He said, ""You're too craven to fight, ain't you?"""

Them's angry words

Idiom(s): Them's angry words

Theme: FIGHTING

Those are words that will alpha a fight. (Folksy. Note that them is is permissible in this expression.)
• Bigger not allocution like that about here. Them's angry words.
• Them's angry words, and you'd bigger be quiet unless you appetite trouble.

You can't action Burghal Hall

This byword is acclimated back one is so contemptuous that one doesn't anticipate one can change their Representatives. The byword charge accept started with annoyance appear a bounded anatomy of government.

close fight

A challenge or antagonism in which the champ achieves achievement by alone a actual attenuated margin. It was a absolute abutting fight, but Boston managed to adhere on to their advance for a 21–17 win. Political analysts are admiration a abutting action amid the two candidates in this year's election.Learn more: close, fight

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