泥 試 合(どろじあい)

どろじあい

noun

mudslinging; dirty fight

society communication

1. mudslinging; dirty fight

A dispute in which both sides expose each other's faults and scandals, so that neither comes out clean.

選挙(せんきょ)は泥試合(どろじあい)になった。

The election turned into a mudslinging match.

離婚(りこん)裁判(さいばん)は泥試合(どろじあい)の様相(ようそう)を呈(てい)している。

The divorce case is turning into a mudslinging fight.

お互(たが)いの過去(かこ)の失敗(しっぱい)を暴露(ばくろ)し合(あ)う泥試合(どろじあい)に、有権者(ゆうけんしゃ)はうんざりしている。

Voters are fed up with the mudslinging, each side exposing the other's past failures.

Common in reporting on elections, divorces and corporate disputes. The original spelling is 泥仕合(どろじあい), still preferred by newspapers; 泥試合(どろじあい) is a common alternative.

Common collocations

泥試合(どろじあい)になる: to turn into mudslinging
泥試合(どろじあい)を演(えん)じる: to engage in mudslinging
泥試合(どろじあい)の様相(ようそう)を呈(てい)する: to take on the look of a mudslinging match

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