Dispute Phrases

Phrases

• A bull and cow (Cockney rhyming slang for row or argument)
• A child is an island of curiosity surrounded by a sea of question marks (Shell advertising slogan)
• A loaded question
• And the next object is (A catchphrase from Twenty Questions)
• Argue the toss
• Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer
• At odds with
• Beauty contest (a political contest in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy)
• Beauty parade (a political contest in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy)
• Beg the question
• Blame game
• Call into question
• Conflict of interest
• Conflict resolution
• Duck the question
• Flying picket
• Frequently asked question
• Fuel the controversy
• Have a bone to pick
• Have words with
• Have you any last requests? (humorous question asked as though a person was about to be killed)
• He said, she said
• Just a question of time
• Leading question
• Money is no object
• Never go to bed on an argument
• No contest
• Not having any of it