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
Caetlin	KAYT-lin	English (Rare)
Hoebaer	huy-BER	Limburgish
Reynaud	re-NO	French
Joan (2)	joo-AHN (Catalan), zhoo-AHN (Catalan)	Catalan, Occitan
Daedalus	DED-ə-ləs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Leroi	LEE-roi	English (Rare)