daggers drawn, at

Also, with daggers drawn. About to or ready to fight, as in Are Felix and Oscar still at daggers drawn over the rent? Although daggers today are rarely if ever used to avenge an insult or issue a challenge to a duel, this idiom remains current. Its figurative use dates from about 1800.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Whitt	[hwit]
Yuda	YOO-dah	Indonesian
Tempest	TEM-pəst	English (Rare)
Gervasio	jer-VAH-zyo (Italian), her-BAH-syo (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Jools	JOOLZ	English
David	DAY-vid (English), dah-VEED (Jewish, Spanish), da-VEED (French), DAH-vit (German, Dutch), DAH-vid (Swedish, Norwegian), dah-VEET (Russian)	English, Hebrew, French, Scottish, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, C