at sword's point

Also, at swords' points. Antagonistic, hostile, as in Father and son were at swords' points. Dating from the days when swords were used to settle quarrels, the idiom today generally signifies only a bitter quarrel.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Peleg	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Thulile	-	Southern African, Zulu
Odile	-	French
Zac	ZAK	English
Stein	-	Norwegian
Mogens	-	Danish