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подковёрная борьбаstresses
gen. behind-the-scenes struggle (Alexey Lebedev); infighting under the carpet (Winston Churchill compared Kremlin power struggles to bulldogs fighting under a carpet: "An outsider only hears the growling, and when he sees the bones fly out from beneath, it is obvious who won." VLZ_58); rough and tumble (контекстуальный перевод Ремедиос_П)
Игорь Миг plotting behind the scenes; under-the-rug tussling
polit. tug of war (контекстуальный перевод на русс. язык Alex_Odeychuk); back-biting (CNN Alex_Odeychuk)
подковёрная борьба: 5 phrases in 1 subject
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