at each other's throats

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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Republicans were also able to sow division among Democrats, who ought to be celebrating sweeping recent state elections but are instead at each other's throats -- with the furious progressive base berating the leadership for folding.

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Sir Nick, who is promoting his forthcoming book How to Save the Internet, said: "There's only one thing worse than having politicians and business people at each other's throats - it's having them in each other's pockets."

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Thorne’s postapocalyptic thriller “40 Acres” is set some time in the 21st century with humankind at each other’s throats.

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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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