| 释义 | the knives are outidiomUK
 used to refer to a situation when people are being unpleasant about someone, or trying to harm someone: 磨刀霍霍;剑拔弩张
 The knives are out for the former president.对前总统大有剑拔弩张之势。
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Not liking
 abhor
 abide
 abominate
 anti-American
 anti-British
 civil
 cup
 cut
 deplore
 despise
 detest
 disdain
 disdainful
 go off
 non-fan
 not be someone's cup of teaidiom
 not go much on somethingidiom
 not have a civil word to say about someoneidiom
 not know what someone sees in someone/somethingidiom
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