Children-in-law explained that they did not feel free (bebas) in their parents-in-law's presence and that they feared causing offence (tersinggung) or embarrassment (malu) by making them party to marital tiffs.
That does not, of course, preclude the most severe debates and political tiffs on matters on which we fundamentally disagree.
They are the people who stuck by us even in this last tiff.
It may remove the incentive on the plain tiff's part to get on.
We should not knock our products at every tiff and turn.
It is always exceedingly interesting to stand by at any domestic tiff and to hear the truths that come out in these domestic differences.
It was interesting to see the little tiff about interest rates.
Because of that, in a tiff overnight, he may throw down his keys and refuse to carry on his duties.