At daggers drawn with somebody
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 8Bitterly hostile towards each other
छत्तीस का आँकड़ा होना
The two neighbours have been at daggers drawn over the boundary wall for years.
After the election, the rival groups were at daggers drawn.
Daily use: Property ke jhagde ke baad dono bhai at daggers drawn hain, baat tak nahi karte.
Dagger = खंजर, drawn = म्यान से बाहर खींचा हुआ। दोनों के खंजर बाहर निकल आए — अब बस वार बाकी है। At daggers drawn = एक-दूसरे के कट्टर दुश्मन।
A dagger is a short knife, and drawn means pulled out of its sheath. When both sides have their daggers out, only the attack remains. So 'at daggers drawn' means bitterly hostile towards each other.
Answer है — bitterly hostile towards each other; 'at loggerheads' पास का है, जबकि 'as thick as thieves' उल्टा।
The answer is 'bitterly hostile towards each other'; 'at loggerheads' is close, while 'as thick as thieves' is the opposite.