cut each other's throats



cut each other's throats

Of a group or population of people, to be engaged in ferocious, pernicious competition with one another. It's a symptom of the society we live in that we're all trained to cut each other's throats just to earn a little bit more money. The majority of the economy is dominated by a few megacorporations, while all the smaller businesses are cutting each other's throats for what little market share is left over.
See also: cut, each, throat

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hermenegildher-ME-ne-giltGerman
GlennGLENScottish, English
Pasco-Cornish
Samuhel-Biblical Latin
MarciaMAHR-shə (English), MAHR-see-ə (English), MAHR-thyah (Spanish), MAHR-syah (Latin American Spanish)English, Spanish, Ancient Roman
VjekoVYE-koCroatian