jeudi 22 août 2013

Variation around "conflict"

To be at loggerheads



Syn: not in agreement: controversial, divided, irreconcilable, disunited, discordant, at odds (with), in contention, at loggerheads (with someone), at cross purposes, on a collision course.







to be at loggerheads (with someone)
disagreeing very strongly with someone
  • The British and Irish governments are still at loggerheads over the deal.- être à couteaux tirés
daggers drawn
  • Fred and Joe are daggers drawn. - ennemis jurés
at odds (with)
disagreeing with someone
  • She continued to find herself at odds with the chairman.
if things are at odds with each other, they are different or opposite when they should be the same
  • This statement is completely at odds with what was said last week.
what's the odds?
Bristish informal: used for saying that something does not matter
  • We'll miss the bus, but what's the odds? There's another at 10.00.

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