Meanings
- idiomaticIn mutual conflict.
The two roommates had been at each other's throats ever since the first took the biggest bedroom without any discussion.
1 more example
Hariri's endorsement of Aoun for the presidency on Thursday is a dramatic and expedient marriage of opposing political camps that have been at each other's throats for years.
2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in AljazeeraSynonyms: at one another's throats
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseIn mutual conflict.
Translations
Finnish toistensa kimpussa
- toistensa kimpussain mutual conflict
French à couteaux tirés
- à couteaux tirésin mutual conflict
Māori pōngurunguru
- pōngurunguruin mutual conflict
Spanish estar de uñas, tirarse los trastos a la cabeza
- estar de uñasin mutual conflict
- tirarse los trastos a la cabezain mutual conflict
Cite this entry
at each other's throats. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20each%20other's%20throats
“at each other's throats.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20each%20other's%20throats. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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