にらみ合い

にらみあい【にらみ合い】

1 〔互いににらむこと〕 glaring at each other.

2 〔敵対状態〕 enmity; hostility; feud; antagonism; 【相場】 〔相手の出方待ち〕 a confrontation; a stalemate.

●社長と副社長のにらみ合いが公然化した. The antagonism between the president and vice-president has come out into the open.

●(取引所の)前場はにらみ合いで始まった. The morning session began with a cautious [wait-and-see] mood.

●両国は領土問題でここ 10 年間にらみ合いの状態にある. Both countries have been at loggerheads [daggers drawn] for 10 years over a territorial dispute.

●労使は賃上げ幅をめぐってにらみ合いを続けている. The stand-off between labor and management over the extent of a pay raise continues.