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A Battle of Nerves (French: La Tête d'un homme, also known as A Man's Head) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character Inspector Jules Maigret. Published in 1931, it is one of the earliest of Simenon's "Maigret" novels, and one of eleven he had published that year.
A Battle of Nerves is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character Inspector Jules Maigret. Published in 1931, it is one of the earliest of Simenon's "Maigret" novels, and one of eleven he had published that year.
Meaning: A battle of nerves is a situation where neither side in a conflict or dispute is willing to back down and is waiting for the other side to weaken. ('A war of nerves' is an alternative form.) Country: International English | Subject Area: War, weapons and conflict | Usage Type: Both or All Words Used. Contributor: Richard Flynn.
Maigret of the Month: May, 2004. M has requested permission to let a prisoner on death row, in maximum security "escape." He is Joseph Heurtin, convicted of having killed a rich American, Mrs. Henderson, and her French maid, Élise Chatrier, at Saint-Cloud. His fingerprints and footprints were found everywhere, and he'd been seen in the ...
1 Pietr the Latvian ( 1931) aka The Strange Case of Peter the Lett / Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett. 2 The Carter of 'La Providence' ( 1931) aka Maigret Meets a Milord / Lock 14 / The Crime at Lock 14. 3 The Late Monsieur Gallet ( 1931) aka Maigret Stonewalled / The Death of Monsieur Gallet. 4 The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien ( 1931)
You can use "Battle of Nerves" to describe a situation where two or more people are trying to make each other nervous or anxious. It emphasizes the psychological aspect of competition or conflict. For example, if two athletes are competing in a high-stakes race and both are feeling the pressure, you might say, 'It's going to be a battle of ...
10/17/2018 – Today 40 years ago, on October 17th, 1978, a battle of nerves, which lasted over four months and 32 games, ended in Baguio City, the Philippines. The Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi fought against the Soviet loyalist World Champion Anatoly Karpov for the chess world's highest title.
