at each other's throats

Idioms  

1. Arguing or fighting. For example, It was a very dramatic trial, with the prosecutor and the defense attorney constantly at each other's throats. This idiom, with its vivid image of two persons trying to strangle each other, is often applied to less physical forms of disagreement.

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Example Sentences

Economists have been at each other’s throats ever since.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

But at the end of each day, people who have been at each other’s throats during debates, come together in worship.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

While the brothers work together for survival, they are also at each other’s throats, taking turns ruefully betraying each other, leading to imprisonment, exile and worse.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2024

“We were never at each other’s throats, we simply didn’t go and have a pint together.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2023

She was trying her hardest to avoid looking at Valley and avoid breaking the spell of whatever had kept them from going at each other’s throats that morning.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega