a shouting match
shouting match
A bitter argument in which two or more people shout at one another, often simultaneously. At first I thought we were just going through a rough patch in our relationship, but lately it seems like every night Janet and I get into a shouting match with each other. It might be time to end things.
See also: match, shout
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
a shouting match
A shouting match is an angry and uncontrolled argument or discussion about something, usually involving shouting. For a moment I thought the meeting was going to become a shouting match. Plans to expand the forest in the Northwest have turned into a shouting match between the timber industry and the environmental community.
See also: match, shout
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- shouting match
- a rough patch
- be in with a shout
- go through a rough patch
- shout out
- shout (oneself) silly
- have a rough patch
- jump the queue
- que
- queue