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
Vivianus	-	Late Roman
Kiley	KIE-lee	English
Santiago	sahn-TYAH-go (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Ridwan	-	Arabic
Zelde	-	Yiddish
AndŻElika	ahn-je-LEE-kah	Polish