lock horns
角力，爭斗

講解：
頭上有角的動物如麋鹿等，雄性在爭地盤或爭奪和雌性交配的權(quán)利時，會低下頭用角去頂對方，雙方頭上的角因而會架在一起，這就是lock horns。lock horns常用來表示各種“正面爭斗或角力”。

例句：
During the past six months [Bank of Thailand's governor Chatu Mongol Sonakul and Thai Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda] have locked horns over several big issues: the management of state-run Krung Thai Bank，the whereabouts of funds donated to the government by a Buddhist monk and fraud case involving Tarrins brother.(出自：time，May 22,2000,p. 24 )
過去六個月來，〔泰國銀行總裁查圖和泰國財政部長塔林〕為了幾項重大議題爭斗不休：國營柯龍?zhí)﹪y行的經(jīng)營問題、一名佛教僧侶捐給政府的款項下落不明、還有塔林的兄弟涉及詐欺案。