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
Beli	-	Welsh Mythology
Bryson	['braisn]
Firoozeh	-	Persian
Eir	-	Norse Mythology, Icelandic, Norwegian
Ring	[riŋ]
Stefanija	-	Macedonian