tug of war | Idiomator

Meaning: Agameorcompetitionin which twoteamspullortugonoppositeends of aropetrying toforcethe other team over thelinewhichinitiallymarkedthemiddlebetween the two teams.2005June 16,Rachel Whiteread,Gordon Burn, “Rachel Whiteread in conversation with Gordon Burn”, inEmbankment(TheUnileverSeries), London:Tate Publishing,→ISBN,page74, column 2:[Gordon Burn:]You told me you hadtugs-of-warwith your sisters over small, common-or-garden, apparently insignificant household things, things that you felt meant more to you than the others.; (idiomatic)Adisputebetween two parties, particularly an entrenched,back-and-forthdispute.2008, Alexei Trochev,Judging Russia: The Role of the Constitutional Court in Russian Politics 1990-2006,→ISBN, page72:To sum up, the dynamics of a "tug-of-war" between the supporters and opponents of the powerful and independent constitutional court dispel the traditional version of judicial empowerment as a struggle between “prostrong Court” reformers and antistrong Court” reactionaries.

Examples:

EN: Just the usual tug of war.
ES: Sólo lo normal.
EN: Look, it's a regular tug of war.
ES: Mira. Parece el juego de la cuerda.
EN: And then, the tug of war will be ended between us.
ES: Y todo habrá acabado entre nosotros.
EN: It was like the Lord and the Devil was having a tug of war in my gut.
ES: Fue como si Dios y el diablo pelearan dentro de mí.
EN: Have you ever played tug of war before?
ES: ¿Os gusta jugar a hacer la guerra?
EN: A tug of war, huh?
ES: Un remolque de guerra, ¿eh?
EN: This morning, on the train down to San Diego, I had a lot of time to think about car loans and work ethics and the age-old tug of war between fathers and sons.
ES: Esta mañana, en el tren a San Diego tuve tiempo para pensar en préstamos y ética laboral y las antiguas disputas entre padres e hijos.
EN: Now, here comes the tug of war
ES: la siguiente prueba es el tira y afloja
EN: It became a tug of war: the shrink versus Jenny Gorham.
ES: Se convirtió en una lucha la doctora contra Jenny Gorham.
EN: If there was a tug of war between an elephant and a locomotive, who would win?
ES: Si atan un elefante a un tren, ¿quién tira de quién? Depende del tren.
EN: You know, Leonard, he says you can't have a tug of war with no one at the other end of the rope.
ES: No se puede jugar al tira y afloja si nadie está al otro lado de la cuerda.
EN: - Leola root. We got into this tug of war with the bag of mushrooms in the middle.
ES: Entramos en un tira y afloja con las setas.
EN: Hopscotch, tug of war and ring around the rosy.
ES: La rayuela, jala la soga y las rondas.
EN: Eddie loves a good tug of war, so they're going at it.
ES: Saben que a Eddie le encanta una buena pelea, así que se lanzó contra ella.
EN: This tug of war between heaven and hell. It keeps people honest.
ES: Esa lucha entre cielo e infierno, mantiene honesta a la gente.

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