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

They’re already at each other’s throats with HOA-style grievances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

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

From Slate ● May 7, 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

It would be so easy to do a show about an entertainment family and have them absolutely at each other’s throats all the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

She was trying her hardest to avoid looking at Valley and avoid breaking the spell of whatever had kept them from going at each other’s throats that morning.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega