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Labour of Love	To do something free of money, work done for love and pleasure, not for the sake of money	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
labour of love	UK spelling of labor of love.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
a carpet-bagger	A candidate for election who has no roots or interest in the constituency he wishes to represent. The original meaning was a Unionist financier or adventurer who exploited the cheap labour in the American South after the Civil War. The carpet bags carried by these adventurers were made of carpet material.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
bite one's lip	To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
come to terms	To reach an agreement or settle a dispute.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
dicksize war	A pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
sweat equity	An investment of labour, typically by the owner and often his or her family, usually in a small business or personal residence that increases the value of the business or residence.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
have an axe to grind	To have a dispute, resentment, or grudge, sometimes with a disposition to act on that resentment covertly; to have a bias; to take issue with something.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
pissing contest	An immature dispute over some trivial matter.	Rate it: (2.00 / 3 votes)
at sixes and sevens	In a state of dispute or disagreement.	Rate it: (1.50 / 2 votes)
iron out	To resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem).	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
controversiam sedare, dirimere, componere, tollere	to put an end to, settle a dispute.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cross swords	To quarrel or argue with someone; to have a dispute with someone.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
drop the gloves	To remove a prior impediment to action; to prepare for or engage in a dispute.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
egregiam operam (multum, plus etc. operae) dare alicui rei	to expend great labour on a thing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
inanem laborem suscipere	to lose one's labour.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
join forces	to combine labour, to come together, to unite	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
le torchon brûle	Une dispute violente éclate entre deux proches.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lites componere (Verg. Ecl. 3. 108)	to arrange a dispute (by arbitration).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make peace	To settle a dispute or disagreement.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
operam (et oleum) perdere or frustra consumere	to lose one's labour.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
operam (laborem, curam) in or ad aliquid impendere	to expend great labour on a thing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
operam alicui rei tribuere, in aliquid conferre	to expend great labour on a thing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pissing match	A pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pissing war	An immature dispute over some trivial matter.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
prawn cocktail offensive	A strategy of the Labour Party in winning over important people in the world of finance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
quarrel out	To dispute by arguing; to hash out or battle out an issue.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
quarrel with	To dispute.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
res est multi laboris et sudoris	the matter involves much labour and fatigue.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shitting match	A pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
smoking gun	Evidence, particularly of a crime, that is difficult or impossible to dispute.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
stage of the game	A point in the progress of an ongoing dispute or process.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the handbags come out	A row intensifies; a dispute becomes heated.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tractor out	To dismiss while replacing manual labour with tractors.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tug of war	a dispute between two parties, particularly an entrenched, back and forth dispute.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
turf war	A dispute over territory between rival gangs.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)