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at each other's throats en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) In mutual conflict.
    • Hariri's endorsement of Aoun for the presidency on Thursday is a dramatic and expedient marriage of opposing political camps that have been at each other's throats for years. 2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Aljazeera:
    • The two roommates had been at each other's throats ever since the first took the biggest bedroom without any discussion.

Relateds

at daggers drawn · jump down someone's throat

Synonyms

at one another's throats

Translations (5)

fi toistensa kimpussa (in mutual conflict) · es tirarse los trastos a la cabeza (in mutual conflict) · mi pōngurunguru (in mutual conflict) · fr à couteaux tirés (in mutual conflict) · es estar de uñas (in mutual conflict)