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when push comes to shove

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Inglés		Español
when push comes to shove expr	figurative, informal (when the situation becomes critical)	cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles, cuando las cosas se ponen feas expr
		a la hora de la verdad expr
	(AR: coloquial)	cuando las papas queman expr
	Two of my colleagues don't really like each other, but when push comes to shove, they'll work together to make sure a project gets finished on time.

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