be at daggers drawn

To be prepared to verbally or physically fight another person or group. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. The police have had to intervene because those rival gangs have been at daggers drawn lately. The members of the committee are at daggers drawn because they cannot agree on a course of action.See also: dagger, drawn

be at daggers ˈdrawn (with somebody)

if two people are at daggers drawn, they are very angry with each other: They’ve been at daggers drawn ever since he borrowed her car and smashed it up. OPPOSITE: (as) thick as thieves (with somebody)If you draw a weapon (= a gun, a dagger, etc.), you take it out in order to attack somebody.See also: dagger, drawn

单词	be at daggers drawn
释义	be at daggers drawn be at daggers drawn To be prepared to verbally or physically fight another person or group. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. The police have had to intervene because those rival gangs have been at daggers drawn lately. The members of the committee are at daggers drawn because they cannot agree on a course of action.See also: dagger, drawn be at daggers ˈdrawn (with somebody) if two people are at daggers drawn, they are very angry with each other: They’ve been at daggers drawn ever since he borrowed her car and smashed it up. OPPOSITE: (as) thick as thieves (with somebody)If you draw a weapon (= a gun, a dagger, etc.), you take it out in order to attack somebody.See also: dagger, drawn
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