Значение слова "BONE OF CONTENTION" найдено в 6 источниках
найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"
bone of contention: translation

bone of contention
Fig. the subject or point of an argument; an unsettled point of disagreement. •

We've fought for so long that we've forgotten what the bone of contention is.

The question of a fence between the houses has become quite a bone of contention.

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{n. phr.} Something to fight over; a reason for quarrels; the subject of a fight. * /The boundary line between the farms was a bone of contention between the two farmers./ * /The use of the car was a bone of contention between Joe and his wife./

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"
bone of contention: translation

bone of contention
Fig. the subject or point of an argument; an unsettled point of disagreement. •

We've fought for so long that we've forgotten what the bone of contention is.

The question of a fence between the houses has become quite a bone of contention.

* * *
{n. phr.} Something to fight over; a reason for quarrels; the subject of a fight. * /The boundary line between the farms was a bone of contention between the two farmers./ * /The use of the car was a bone of contention between Joe and his wife./

найдено в "Moby Thesaurus"
bone of contention: translation

Synonyms and related words:
apple of discord, bone to pick, casus belli, catechism, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, crow to pick, crow to pluck, debating point, demand, feeler, grounds for war, inquiry, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, issue, leader, leading question, moot point, point at issue, point in question, problem, query, question, question at issue, question mark, quodlibet, rub, sore point, tender spot, ticklish issue, topic, trial balloon, vexed question


найдено в "Англо-русском словаре Мюллера"
bone of contention яблоко раздора

найдено в "Англо-русском словаре общей лексики"
яблоко раздора
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