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s'épuiser contre

English translation: is exhausted by

06:20 Dec 8, 2017
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / cirque
French term or phrase: s'épuiser contre
Hello,

I have a few pages about acrobats and jugglers, the artists below perform a "Main à main" (hand-to-hand) number, I'm not sure of "s'épuiser contre" in the sentence

"Tristan et Eve sont membres de la Barcode Company. Ils ont conçu ce numéro comme une allégorie de l’insomnie, un moment entre chien et loup où un homme en proie à son tourment quotidien s’épuise contre un adversaire si familier…
Ils se produisent sur The guilty party par Matt Elliot"

...a moment at nightfall when a person prey to his daily torment (maybe daily stress?) ends against such a familiar adversary…I have understood that the daily torment is nothing compared to insomnia (adversaire si familier)

I'd really appreciate any help here, I think might be missing something!

Thank you!
Louisa Tchaicha
Tunisia
Local time: 11:43
English translation:is exhausted by
Explanation:
you could say battle instead of enemy...
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Laurette Tassin
France
Local time: 12:43
Grading comment
Thank you everyone for your help :)
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3 +4is exhausted by
Laurette Tassin


  

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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
s\'épuiser contre
is exhausted by


Explanation:
you could say battle instead of enemy...

Laurette Tassin
France
Local time: 12:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 18
Grading comment
Thank you everyone for your help :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MoiraB: I don't think asker needs to think far beyond the dictionary suggestions of to exhaust oneself/to wear oneself out/to tire oneself out - or perhaps wages an exhausting battle/gruelling struggle?
23 mins
  -> Thank you Moira
agree  narasimha (X)
53 mins
  -> Thanks Narasimha!
agree  katsy
7 hrs
  -> Thank you Katsy!
agree  Verginia Ophof: is being drained by
10 hrs
  -> Also... Thanks Verginia
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