at daggers drawn meaning

• In a state of hostility

• drawn:    Adjective: drawn&n ...
• look daggers:    To look in a hosti ...
• look daggers at so:    [American slang]Fi ...

Examples

1. i did n't expect them to be at daggers drawn over such a trivial thing.
2. she's at daggers drawn with her colleagues
3. he and his partner are at daggers drawn
4. Next year, 1525, Kildare and Ormond were again at daggers drawn.
5. The two communities in Northern Ireland are, more than ever, at daggers drawn.