A dust-up is a fight — sometimes with fists, sometimes with angry words. It is informal. You hear it more in British English than in American English: a dust-up outside a pub, a dust-up between neighbours, a political dust-up on television. It usually sounds like a short clash, not a long war.

A dust-up dust-up is是 a fight一場打架或衝突 — sometimes with fists有時動拳頭， sometimes with angry words有時是互罵。 It它 is informal是口語的字。 You你 hear it聽到它 more in British English比較多是在英式英文 than in American English而不是美式英文： a dust-up outside a pub酒吧外的一場扭打、 a dust-up between neighbours鄰居之間的一場爭執、 a political dust-up on television電視上的一場政治罵戰。 It它 usually通常 sounds like聽起來像 a short clash一場短短的衝突， not a long war不是一場長期戰爭。

Though actually, nobody is talking about cleaning. The picture is of people kicking up dust as they scuffle. The noun was cut from the phrasal verb dust up, meaning to fight.

Though actually不過其實， nobody is talking about cleaning沒有人在講打掃。 The picture畫面 is of是 people人們 as they scuffle扭打時 kicking up dust踢起一片灰塵。 The noun這個名詞 was cut from是從 the phrasal verb dust up片語動詞 dust up 剪下來的， meaning to fight意思就是打架。

Teachers and news readers may prefer fight, row, or clash; dust-up has a slightly jaunty, newspaper flavour, as if the writer is not too shocked.

Teachers and news readers老師和新聞主播 may prefer可能比較愛用 fight, row, or clash fight、row、clash； dust-up dust-up has帶著 a slightly jaunty, newspaper flavour一點輕快的報紙味， as if the writer is not too shocked好像寫的人沒有很震驚。