knockdown drag-out fight

n. a prolonged and hard fight. Trying to get my proposal accepted was a knockdown drag-out fight.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Silouanos	-	Biblical Greek
Polyxeni	-	Greek
SimÃO	-	Portuguese
Charlton	KAHRL-tən, CHAHRL-tən	English
Minh	-	Vietnamese
Zulfaqar	-	Arabic