Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
e un gioco al massacro
English translation:
a fight to the death
Italian term
All matters financial
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English
e un gioco al massacro
la mail in data 12 settembre 2014 con la quale - inserendo il commento “è un gioco al massacro….”veniva inoltrata a P. la comunicazione con la quale il Comune di T. aveva nuovamente rigettato il progetto presentato.
It's talking about a building project which is constantly being rejected
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United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
a fight to the death
"fight to the death
to engage in a battle that isn't finished until one opponent is dead. The two men looked as though they were going to fight to the death.
-- These evil-tempered dogs will fight to the death. --"
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/fight to the death
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i.e. one would assume that the "fight" will become like a game anyway....
United Kingdom
Architecture, design, technical, etc.
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Italian to English
it's a fight to the last
(a) nerve-wracking (game)
See the link bellow:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nerve-wracking
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Fiona Grace Peterson
: Very little context, plus it depends on the register of your document, however something to do with "nerves" or "nerve-wracking" is probably a good solution here.
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Helen Pringle
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giuseppina franich
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United States
Native Bilingual Italian-English
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Italian
Works in: Italian to English, English to Italian
no holds barred
no holds barred: no limits or controls. "This is comedy with no holds barred, and it may offend some viewers. I like nothing better than a fight with no holds barred.
Israel
30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: French , Hebrew
Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, French to Hebrew, and 8 more.
a game where no party takes prisoners
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http://www.wisegeek.org/what-does-it-mean-to-take-no-prisone...
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