| 释义 | at daggers drawnidiomUK
 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
 
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