Arguments

See Also:FIGHTING

1. Argued like a lawyer —Edith Wharton

   See Also:LAWYERS

2. Argue like geese —Ben Hecht
3. Arguing like sparring fish in a tank —Graham Swift
4. Arguing with Owen was like fencing with a bag of wool —Julia O’Faolain

   See Also:FUTILITY

5. The argument broke open, porous as cheese —Julia O’Faolain
6. Arguments are like the grinding of rusty blades —Elizabeth Hardwick
7. Can’t help arguing like I can’t help the man in the moon —Louise Erdrich
8. Clash like the coming and retiring wave —Alfred, Lord Tennyson
9. Clash, like waves of the sea —John Hall Wheelock
10. Contention is like fire, both burn so long as there is any exhaustible matter to contend with —Thomas Adams
11. Grabbed the argument as if it were a beachball we were tossing between us —Dorothy B. Francis
12. Her argument clung to its point like a frightened sharp-clawed animal —Edith Wharton
13. His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death —Abraham Lincoln
14. Her arguments are like elephants. They squash you flat —Rumer Godden
15. Protesting like children at nap time —George Garrett
16. Split [in disagreement] like an egg —Paige Mitchell
17. Talking to Oscar [Levant] is like fighting a man who has three fists instead of the regulation two —Alexander Woolcott
18. True disputants are like true sportsmen, their whole delight is in the pursuit —Alexander Pope

    See Also:SPORTS

19. Words..flew between them like sparks between steel striking steel —Edna Ferber
20. The words [during an argument] whipped away like weightless leaves —Lael Tucker Wertenbaker