唇枪舌剑 meaning in English
cross verbal swords; battle of wits [repartee]; engage in a battlle of words -- sharp in debate; heated verbal exchange [debate]; one's tongue like a spear and lips like daggers -- eloquent in speech
Examples
- These two simple facts were being lost in the storm of words .
这是两个简单的事实，但在唇枪舌剑中它们都被遗忘了。 - After a swift struggle of tongues mr. holohan hobbled out in haste .
一阵唇枪舌剑的速决战收场后，霍罗汉先生急乎乎地跛出门去。 - You've ready enough about sharp lawyers to know what they can do in court .
关于唇枪舌剑的律师，你了解得不少，应该知道他们在法庭上能干出什么事来。 - His marriage disintegrated, and an acrimonious divorce that took away most of his assets .
他的家庭发生了纠纷，一场唇枪舌剑的离婚官司耗费了他绝大部分资财。 - No one runs so hurriedly to the cover of respectability as the unconventional woman who has exposed herself to the slings and arrows of outraged propriety .
一个标新立异的女人一旦冒犯了礼规，招致了唇枪舌剑的非议，再没有谁会象她那样飞快地跑去寻找尊严体面的庇护了。