tangle with:与...争吵;与某人厮混
1. 与某人争吵;与某人发生纠纷;与某人发生冲突
I don't want to tangle with city hall.
我不想和政府发生纠纷.
Martin tangled with her over the question.
马丁和她在那个问题上发生争执.
2. 与某人厮混
He has been tangling with some rough boys.
他和几个野孩子在一起鬼混.
另外,tangle with someone or something (over someone or something),加了over,意思是关于某人某事发生争执、纠纷或争吵.
Jimmy tangled with Kate over the children.
吉米因为孩子的问题和凯特发生了纠纷.
I hope I don't have to tangle with the bank over this loan.
我不想因为贷款和银行发生纠纷.