(at) daggers drawn
UKIf two people, countries, etc. are at daggers drawn, they are in a state of extreme unfriendliness and do not trust each other:
The two sides have been at daggers drawn for some months now with no sign of improvement in relations.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not being friendly
- abrasive
- aloof
- antisocial
- asocial
- austere
- belligerent
- estranged
- forbidding
- frostily
- give sb the time of day idiom
- hostile
- impersonal
- mixer
- saturnine
- sour
- unwelcoming
- wintry
- with friends like you, who needs enemies? idiom
- withdraw
- withdrawal
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