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at daggers drawn idiomUK If two people, countries, etc. are at daggers drawn, they are in a state of extreme unfriendliness and do not trust each other: 冷战(的),相互戒备(的) The two sides have been at daggers drawn for some months now with no sign of improvement in relations.双方一连冷战了好几个月,到现在依然没有任何缓和的迹象。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Not being friendly abrasive abrasively abrasiveness abruptly abruptness aloof estrangement from someone flintily forbidding forbiddingly freezingly frigid gruff offish remote remoteness reserved reservedly saturnine wintry |