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 are at each other's throats and it's boiling over, which is not a good look. Even the manager has come across too," Dublin said.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

From Slate ● May 7, 2026

We’re at each other’s throats over what really happened, what’s true, who did what.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

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

I didn’t want Miles and my mother going at each other’s throats again.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia