AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS Definition & Meaning

at each other's throats

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Idioms and Phrases

Arguing or fighting. For example, It was a very dramatic trial, with the prosecutor and the defense attorney constantly at each other's throats . This idiom, with its vivid image of two persons trying to strangle each other, is often applied to less physical forms of disagreement.

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Most concerning is that the world's two greatest economies are now at each other's throats with no indication that either is preparing to backdown.

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But at the end of each day, people who have been at each other’s throats during debates, come together in worship.

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We’d be at each other’s throats.

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“People who were just marching together for Black lives are now at each other’s throats.”

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While the brothers work together for survival, they are also at each other’s throats, taking turns ruefully betraying each other, leading to imprisonment, exile and worse.

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