Gresca in english
Fracas
pronunciation: freɪkəs part of speech: noun
pronunciation: freɪkəs part of speech: noun
In gestures
gresca = donnybrook ; brawl ; ruckus ; fracas ; ruck ; ding-dong ; to-do.
Example: Feaver mentioned that she and Claverhouse frequently engage in some real 'donnybrooks,' as she put it, which invariably include a lot of amicable bantering, whenever they discuss anything.Example: About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.Example: Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.Example: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.Example: She might look quite frail but you don't want to get into a ruck with this old bag.Example: George keeps sizing up for a real ding-dong and then backing down because he doesn't really want to risk the consequences of an argument.Example: There was such a to-do about it -- the notion at that time in this country of a black man and a white woman onstage was just unheard of.more:
» andar a la gresca = be at each other's throats ; be at one another's throats ; be at one another's throats ; be at daggers drawn (with) .
Example: What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats. Example: But as tension mounts, the president and prime minister are at one another's throats. Example: But as tension mounts, the president and prime minister are at one another's throats. Example: Throughout Mr Blair's time in office Mr Mandelson and Mr Brown were at daggers drawn.» estar a la gresca = be at each other's throats ; be at daggers drawn (with) .
Example: What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats. Example: Throughout Mr Blair's time in office Mr Mandelson and Mr Brown were at daggers drawn.