cut and thrust | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)The use of vehement arguments.He never got used to thecut and thrustof political debate.1821–1822,William Hazlitt, “Character of Cobbett”, inTable-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Warren;Henry Colburn and Co.:He likes thecut and thrust, the falls, bruises, and dry blows of an argument: as to any good or useful results that may come of the amicable settling of it, any one is welcome to them for him.2022February 3, Heather Stewart, quotingDominic Raab, “Boris Johnson’s policy chief quits over PM’s ‘scurrilous’ Savile remark”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:Several cabinet ministers, including Nadine Dorries and Michael Gove, have since defended the remarks, however, with the justice secretary, Dominic Raab, calling it part of the “cut and thrust” of parliamentary debate.2022December 14, Philip Haigh, “Open access services on their way to South Wales”, inRAIL, number972, page54:This might all simply be thecut and thrustof business.For quotations using this term, seeCitations:cut and thrust.

Examples:

EN: To cut and thrust.
ES: Toma y daca.
EN: I gave him the cut and thrust, followed by the pas-dedeux, and the old onetwo.
ES: Un toma y daca, seguido de un pas-de-deux, y el viejo uno-dos.
EN: You should have seen the Frenchmen's faces when 23 rampaging he-devils sword and pistol, cut and thrust, came tumbling into their fort.
ES: Si hubieras visto la cara de los franceses cuando veintitrés demonios desconocidos... sable y pistola en ristre, cayeron sobre ellos.
EN: And you should have seen the look on the Frenchmen's faces when 23 he-devils, sword and pistol cut and thrust, came tumbling into the fort.
ES: ¡Si hubieras visto la cara... de los franceses cuando veintitrés demonios desconocidos... sable y pistola en ristre cayeron de pronto sobre ellos!
EN: Ladies, anybody want to learn swordsmanship... from the master of cut and thrust?
ES: Damas, ¿alguien quiere aprender esgrima... de un maestro de cortar y embestir?
EN: I so enjoy the cut and thrust of continental politics.
ES: Adoro la esgrima de la política continental.
EN: Very, sort of, cut and thrust.
ES: Muy de cortar y clavar.
EN: Some people ain't suited for the cut and thrust.
ES: Algunas personas no están hechas para un tira y afloja.
EN: I like the cut and thrust of a good argument. Do you?
ES: Me gustan los tira y afloja de una buena discusión, ¿a usted no?
EN: A shame? That your loveliness is wasted on the cut and thrust of politics.
ES: Que sus encantos se deterioren en los tira y afloja políticos.
EN: Maybe you're not just up to the cut and thrust of the business world.
ES: Tal vez no eres de lo que se requiere para el "empuje" en los negocios
EN: Now, many of you here stood with me at Marathon. And for those of you who served, and faced the cut and thrust of battle. You know how true peace is forged.
ES: Muchos de Uds. estuvieron conmigo en Maratón y los que sirvieron y se enfrentaron a la intensidad de la batalla saben cómo se forja la verdadera paz.
EN: Jesse can go home and uh... you can resume the noble task of documenting the political cut and thrust of the day.
ES: Jesse puede ir a casa... tú puedes retomar la noble tarea... de documentar el tire y maneje politico del día.
EN: The cut and thrust.
ES: El tira y afloja.
EN: Well, you're now married to someone for whom the cut and thrust of politics will be the equivalent of a..
ES: Bueno, ahora estás casado con alguien para quien el tira y afloja de la política será el equivalente de un ..

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