at each other's throats

Idioms  

1. 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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at each other's throats

I do think that they’ve always been at each other’s throats.

From Slate ● May 7, 2026

Economists have been at each other’s throats ever since.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

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

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024

The two had a tense relationship going back decades, and when a new congressional map tossed them into the same San Fernando Valley district, they were soon at each other’s throats — almost literally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

For him to warm up to me after years of being at each other’s throats just because we’d been forced together?

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin