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at each other's throats

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at each other's throats

Said of two people who are noticeably angry with each other. Those two are at each other's throats because they can't agree on how to best lead the committee. You can hear their shouting all the way down the hall!

See also: each, throat

at each other's throats

in angry disagreement The neighbors are at each other's throats over who should repair the fence.

See also: each, throat

at each other's throats

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.

See also: each, throat