at each other's throats

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Prepositional phrase

at each other's throats

1. (idiomatic) In mutual conflict.

   Synonym: at one another's throats

   • 2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Aljazeera‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

in mutual conflict

• Finnish: toistensa kimpussa
• French: à couteaux tirés (fr)
• Maori: pōngurunguru
• Spanish: estar de uñas (colloquial), tirarse los trastos a la cabeza (colloquial)

See also

• at daggers drawn
• jump down someone's throat