dagger

at daggers drawn

Prepared to verbally or physically fight another person or group. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. The police have had to intervene because those rival gangs have been at daggers drawn lately. The members of the committee are at daggers drawn because they cannot agree on a course of action.

See also: dagger, drawn

be at daggers drawn

To be prepared to verbally or physically fight another person or group. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. The police have had to intervene because those rival gangs have been at daggers drawn lately. The members of the committee are at daggers drawn because they cannot agree on a course of action.

See also: dagger, drawn

bulldagger

1. A derogatory and highly offensive term for a woman, especially a lesbian, who is aggressively masculine in appearance or manner. Typically used in reference to black lesbians.

2. A reclaimed term used by homosexuals to describe such a woman. Yeah, I'm a bulldagger who's attracted to femmes.

cloak-and-dagger

Using or involving secrecy, deception, or espionage, especially the kind portrayed in dramatic depictions of spying. During the Cold War, there were always rumors of the latest cloak-and-dagger tactics being used by spies. I know I said I wanted to meet you in private, but you didn't have to be so cloak-and-dagger about it. A parking garage isn't what I had in mind.

look daggers at (one)

To glare at someone very angrily, spitefully, or disdainfully. I noticed the bride looking daggers at the best man as he started making vulgar jokes during his speech.

See also: dagger, look

shoot daggers at (one)

To glare at one very angrily, spitefully, or disdainfully. I noticed the bride shooting daggers at the best man as he started making vulgar jokes during his speech.

speak daggers

To speak harshly or maliciously, so as to hurt the listener. I can't stand to be around my mother these days—she's always speaking daggers because she's so miserable. I will speak daggers to my enemy when I see him at the debate.

cloak-and-dagger

involving secrecy and plotting. A great deal of cloak-and-dagger stuff goes on in political circles. A lot of cloak-and-dagger activity was involved in the appointment of the director.

look daggers at someone

Fig. to give someone a dirty look. Tom must have been mad at Ann from the way he was looking daggers at her. Don't you dare look daggers at me! Don't even look cross-eyed at me!

See also: dagger, look

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

daggers drawn, at

Also, with daggers drawn. About to or ready to fight, as in Are Felix and Oscar still at daggers drawn over the rent? Although daggers today are rarely if ever used to avenge an insult or issue a challenge to a duel, this idiom remains current. Its figurative use dates from about 1800.

look daggers

Glare, stare fiercely, as in When she started to discuss their finances, he looked daggers at her. This metaphoric term, likening an angry expression to a dagger's thrust, dates from ancient times and has appeared in English since about 1600.

See also: dagger, look

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

cloak-and-dagger

COMMON You use cloak-and-dagger to describe activities, especially dangerous ones, which are done in secret. Now that the Berlin Wall has come down, the cloak-and-dagger world of East-West espionage might appear to be outdated. They met in classic cloak-and-dagger style beside the lake in St James's Park. Note: You can refer to such activities as cloaks and daggers. Working in police intelligence has very little to do with cloaks and daggers — it's mostly about boring reports and endless statistics. Note: You sometimes use this expression to suggest that people are treating these activities in an unnecessarily dramatic way. Note: This expression is taken from the name of a type of 17th century Spanish drama, in which characters typically wore cloaks and fought with daggers or swords.

at daggers drawn

BRITISH

If two people or groups are at daggers drawn, they are having a serious disagreement and are very angry with each other. The publishing and record divisions of the company were at daggers drawn over the simultaneous release of the book and the album. The government now finds itself at daggers drawn with the same press it had gone to such great lengths to give freedom of expression to.

See also: dagger, drawn

look daggers at someone

LITERARY

If someone looks daggers at you, they stare at you in a very angry way. Christabel stopped combing her hair and looked daggers at Ron. Note: Verbs such as stare and shoot are sometimes used instead of look. Mr. Trancas was grinning, while the other man stared daggers at him. Dede shot daggers at her adversary until she was out of sight.

at daggers drawn

in a state of bitter enmity.

The image here is of the drawing of daggers as the final stage in a confrontation before actual fighting breaks out. Although recorded in 1668 , the expression only became common from the early 19th century onwards.

See also: dagger, drawn

look daggers at

glare angrily or venomously at.

The expression speak daggers is also found and is used by Shakespeare's Hamlet in the scene in which he reproaches his mother.

See also: dagger, look

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

be at daggers ˈdrawn (with somebody)

if two people are at daggers drawn, they are very angry with each other: They’ve been at daggers drawn ever since he borrowed her car and smashed it up. OPPOSITE: (as) thick as thieves (with somebody)

If you draw a weapon (= a gun, a dagger, etc.), you take it out in order to attack somebody.

See also: dagger, drawn

look ˈdaggers at somebody

look at somebody very angrily but not say anything: He looked daggers at her across the room when she mentioned his divorce.

bulldiker

and bull-dagger and bulldyker

n. a lesbian, especially if aggressive or masculine. (Rude and derogatory.) Some old bulldiker strutted in and ordered a beer and a chaser. She was described by her friends as a “bull-dagger,” and I can’t imagine what her enemies called her.

bull-dagger

verb

See bulldiker

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

look daggers at

To glare at angrily or hatefully.

See also: dagger, look

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

cloak-and-dagger

Describing a secret or undercover operation. The term dates from seventeenth-century Spain, and the popular swashbuckling plays of Lope de Vega and Pedro Calderón de la Barca, filled with duels, intrigue, and betrayal. They were referred to as comedias de capa y espada, which was variously translated as “cloak-and-sword” or “cloak-and-dagger plays.” Somewhat later, in the nineteenth century, the term began to be applied to various kinds of romantic intrigue, and still later, to espionage. The idea of concealment was, of course, much older, and indeed, Chaucer wrote of “The smyler with the knyf under the cloke” (The Knight’s Tale).

look daggers at, to

To glare at someone. The term first appeared in the Greek playwright Aristophanes’s The Birds (ca. 414 b.c.) and was alluded to several times by Shakespeare. “There’s daggers in men’s smiles,” he wrote (Macbeth, 2:3). The image aptly conveys the fierceness of such a glance and appealed to numerous other writers, including Thoreau. A synonymous cliché is if looks could kill, which has been around since the early 1900s. Frank Harris used it in My Life and Loves (1922): “When they let me up I looked at Jones, and if looks could kill, he would have had short shrift.”

See also: dagger, look

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See also:

at daggers drawn
daggers drawn, at
be at daggers drawn
queer bashing
trade blows
fight back at (someone or something)
light into
light into (someone or something)
light into someone
lash into (someone or something)

References in classic literature

They'll be sure to subpoena me; I shall be bound to say that after the cry was heard each of you rushed into the room in a wild state and began quarrelling about a dagger. As far as my words on oath can go, you might either of you have done it.

Aurora Rome had been stabbed with some sharp instrument such as a knife or dagger; some instrument, at least, of which the blade was short.

Butler, K.C., sprang to his feet in an extraordinary stillness, and said quite calmly: "Your lordship will allow me to cross-examine?" And then, without stopping, he shot at Brown the apparently disconnected question: "You have heard about this dagger; you know the experts say the crime was committed with a short blade?"

Before the audience could quite dismiss the idea that the priest had really seen himself doing murder with a short dagger with a long hilt

"I mean daggers aren't the only things with short blades.

The Wisdom Of Father Brown

Lothario, terrified and breathless, ran in haste to pluck out the dagger; but when he saw how slight the wound was he was relieved of his fears and once more admired the subtlety, coolness, and ready wit of the fair Camilla; and the better to support the part he had to play he began to utter profuse and doleful lamentations over her body as if she were dead, invoking maledictions not only on himself but also on him who had been the means of placing him in such a position: and knowing that his friend Anselmo heard him he spoke in such a way as to make a listener feel much more pity for him than for Camilla, even though he supposed her dead.

Don Quixote

Number and age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths* involving cocaine (dagger) and psychostimulants with abuse potential, ([section]), ([paragraph]) by opioid involvement, ** sex, age group, race and Hispanic origin, ([dagger][dagger]) U.S.

Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine and Psychostimulants with Abuse Potential--United States, 2003-2017

The Omani dagger is a national symbol of Oman featured on its flag, alongside two swords.

Hamyar bin Hamad Al-Omari of the Oman Craft Industry Association, listed the various types of Omani dagger such as the Suri, the Saidi, the Batani, the Sahili and the Nazwani.

Dagger display as Oman showcases ancient craft in Saudi Souq Okaz festival

On Wednesday, an unusual study concluded that human thigh bone did not make for better dagger material, but was rather a symbol of prestige.

But the human bone dagger was designed to last longer.

In New Guinea, human thigh bone daggers were hot property: study

One cassowary dagger, sourced from a private art dealer, was put under real-world physical stress to establish its tensile strength and failure point, while the remaining ten, which were computer models of daggers kept on display at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, were tested under the impact of simulated stressors.

Femur-Made Incredibly Strong Weapons For New Guinea Warriors

The GBP20,000 Duncan Lawrie Dagger was awarded to Peter Temple for his novel The Broken Shore, published by Quercus.

Winner of Duncan Lawrie Dagger announced

The 15 member countries of CECIMO are denoted by a double dagger ([double dagger]) in the Production table opposite.

Asian builders continue to set pace in output

But this was just a warm-up for the director's ragingly romantic House of Flying Daggers (which made its American debut at the New York Film Festival last month and opens in theaters on December 3).

Eastern exposure: Amy Taubin on recent Asian cinema

词组	dagger
释义	dagger at daggers drawn Prepared to verbally or physically fight another person or group. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. The police have had to intervene because those rival gangs have been at daggers drawn lately. The members of the committee are at daggers drawn because they cannot agree on a course of action. See also: dagger, drawn be at daggers drawn To be prepared to verbally or physically fight another person or group. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. The police have had to intervene because those rival gangs have been at daggers drawn lately. The members of the committee are at daggers drawn because they cannot agree on a course of action. See also: dagger, drawn bulldagger 1. A derogatory and highly offensive term for a woman, especially a lesbian, who is aggressively masculine in appearance or manner. Typically used in reference to black lesbians. 2. A reclaimed term used by homosexuals to describe such a woman. Yeah, I'm a bulldagger who's attracted to femmes. cloak-and-dagger Using or involving secrecy, deception, or espionage, especially the kind portrayed in dramatic depictions of spying. During the Cold War, there were always rumors of the latest cloak-and-dagger tactics being used by spies. I know I said I wanted to meet you in private, but you didn't have to be so cloak-and-dagger about it. A parking garage isn't what I had in mind. look daggers at (one) To glare at someone very angrily, spitefully, or disdainfully. I noticed the bride looking daggers at the best man as he started making vulgar jokes during his speech. See also: dagger, look shoot daggers at (one) To glare at one very angrily, spitefully, or disdainfully. I noticed the bride shooting daggers at the best man as he started making vulgar jokes during his speech. See also: dagger, shoot speak daggers To speak harshly or maliciously, so as to hurt the listener. I can't stand to be around my mother these days—she's always speaking daggers because she's so miserable. I will speak daggers to my enemy when I see him at the debate. See also: dagger, speak Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cloak-and-dagger involving secrecy and plotting. A great deal of cloak-and-dagger stuff goes on in political circles. A lot of cloak-and-dagger activity was involved in the appointment of the director. look daggers at someone Fig. to give someone a dirty look. Tom must have been mad at Ann from the way he was looking daggers at her. Don't you dare look daggers at me! Don't even look cross-eyed at me! See also: dagger, look McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. daggers drawn, at Also, with daggers drawn. About to or ready to fight, as in Are Felix and Oscar still at daggers drawn over the rent? Although daggers today are rarely if ever used to avenge an insult or issue a challenge to a duel, this idiom remains current. Its figurative use dates from about 1800. See also: dagger look daggers Glare, stare fiercely, as in When she started to discuss their finances, he looked daggers at her. This metaphoric term, likening an angry expression to a dagger's thrust, dates from ancient times and has appeared in English since about 1600. See also: dagger, look The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. cloak-and-dagger COMMON You use cloak-and-dagger to describe activities, especially dangerous ones, which are done in secret. Now that the Berlin Wall has come down, the cloak-and-dagger world of East-West espionage might appear to be outdated. They met in classic cloak-and-dagger style beside the lake in St James's Park. Note: You can refer to such activities as cloaks and daggers. Working in police intelligence has very little to do with cloaks and daggers — it's mostly about boring reports and endless statistics. Note: You sometimes use this expression to suggest that people are treating these activities in an unnecessarily dramatic way. Note: This expression is taken from the name of a type of 17th century Spanish drama, in which characters typically wore cloaks and fought with daggers or swords. at daggers drawn BRITISH If two people or groups are at daggers drawn, they are having a serious disagreement and are very angry with each other. The publishing and record divisions of the company were at daggers drawn over the simultaneous release of the book and the album. The government now finds itself at daggers drawn with the same press it had gone to such great lengths to give freedom of expression to. See also: dagger, drawn look daggers at someone LITERARY If someone looks daggers at you, they stare at you in a very angry way. Christabel stopped combing her hair and looked daggers at Ron. Note: Verbs such as stare and shoot are sometimes used instead of look. Mr. Trancas was grinning, while the other man stared daggers at him. Dede shot daggers at her adversary until she was out of sight. See also: dagger, look, someone Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. at daggers drawn in a state of bitter enmity. The image here is of the drawing of daggers as the final stage in a confrontation before actual fighting breaks out. Although recorded in 1668 , the expression only became common from the early 19th century onwards. See also: dagger, drawn look daggers at glare angrily or venomously at. The expression speak daggers is also found and is used by Shakespeare's Hamlet in the scene in which he reproaches his mother. See also: dagger, look Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary be at daggers ˈdrawn (with somebody) if two people are at daggers drawn, they are very angry with each other: They’ve been at daggers drawn ever since he borrowed her car and smashed it up. OPPOSITE: (as) thick as thieves (with somebody) If you draw a weapon (= a gun, a dagger, etc.), you take it out in order to attack somebody. See also: dagger, drawn look ˈdaggers at somebody look at somebody very angrily but not say anything: He looked daggers at her across the room when she mentioned his divorce. See also: dagger, look, somebody Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary bulldiker and bull-dagger and bulldyker n. a lesbian, especially if aggressive or masculine. (Rude and derogatory.) Some old bulldiker strutted in and ordered a beer and a chaser. She was described by her friends as a “bull-dagger,” and I can’t imagine what her enemies called her. bull-dagger verb See bulldiker McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions look daggers at To glare at angrily or hatefully. See also: dagger, look American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. cloak-and-dagger Describing a secret or undercover operation. The term dates from seventeenth-century Spain, and the popular swashbuckling plays of Lope de Vega and Pedro Calderón de la Barca, filled with duels, intrigue, and betrayal. They were referred to as comedias de capa y espada, which was variously translated as “cloak-and-sword” or “cloak-and-dagger plays.” Somewhat later, in the nineteenth century, the term began to be applied to various kinds of romantic intrigue, and still later, to espionage. The idea of concealment was, of course, much older, and indeed, Chaucer wrote of “The smyler with the knyf under the cloke” (The Knight’s Tale). look daggers at, to To glare at someone. The term first appeared in the Greek playwright Aristophanes’s The Birds (ca. 414 b.c.) and was alluded to several times by Shakespeare. “There’s daggers in men’s smiles,” he wrote (Macbeth, 2:3). The image aptly conveys the fierceness of such a glance and appealed to numerous other writers, including Thoreau. A synonymous cliché is if looks could kill, which has been around since the early 1900s. Frank Harris used it in My Life and Loves (1922): “When they let me up I looked at Jones, and if looks could kill, he would have had short shrift.” See also: dagger, look The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: at daggers drawn daggers drawn, at be at daggers drawn queer bashing trade blows fight back at (someone or something) light into light into (someone or something) light into someone lash into (someone or something) References in classic literature They'll be sure to subpoena me; I shall be bound to say that after the cry was heard each of you rushed into the room in a wild state and began quarrelling about a dagger. As far as my words on oath can go, you might either of you have done it. Aurora Rome had been stabbed with some sharp instrument such as a knife or dagger; some instrument, at least, of which the blade was short. Butler, K.C., sprang to his feet in an extraordinary stillness, and said quite calmly: "Your lordship will allow me to cross-examine?" And then, without stopping, he shot at Brown the apparently disconnected question: "You have heard about this dagger; you know the experts say the crime was committed with a short blade?" Before the audience could quite dismiss the idea that the priest had really seen himself doing murder with a short dagger with a long hilt "I mean daggers aren't the only things with short blades. The Wisdom Of Father Brown Lothario, terrified and breathless, ran in haste to pluck out the dagger; but when he saw how slight the wound was he was relieved of his fears and once more admired the subtlety, coolness, and ready wit of the fair Camilla; and the better to support the part he had to play he began to utter profuse and doleful lamentations over her body as if she were dead, invoking maledictions not only on himself but also on him who had been the means of placing him in such a position: and knowing that his friend Anselmo heard him he spoke in such a way as to make a listener feel much more pity for him than for Camilla, even though he supposed her dead. Don Quixote Number and age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths* involving cocaine (dagger) and psychostimulants with abuse potential, ([section]), ([paragraph]) by opioid involvement, ** sex, age group, race and Hispanic origin, ([dagger][dagger]) U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine and Psychostimulants with Abuse Potential--United States, 2003-2017 The Omani dagger is a national symbol of Oman featured on its flag, alongside two swords. Hamyar bin Hamad Al-Omari of the Oman Craft Industry Association, listed the various types of Omani dagger such as the Suri, the Saidi, the Batani, the Sahili and the Nazwani. Dagger display as Oman showcases ancient craft in Saudi Souq Okaz festival On Wednesday, an unusual study concluded that human thigh bone did not make for better dagger material, but was rather a symbol of prestige. But the human bone dagger was designed to last longer. In New Guinea, human thigh bone daggers were hot property: study One cassowary dagger, sourced from a private art dealer, was put under real-world physical stress to establish its tensile strength and failure point, while the remaining ten, which were computer models of daggers kept on display at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, were tested under the impact of simulated stressors. Femur-Made Incredibly Strong Weapons For New Guinea Warriors The GBP20,000 Duncan Lawrie Dagger was awarded to Peter Temple for his novel The Broken Shore, published by Quercus. Winner of Duncan Lawrie Dagger announced The 15 member countries of CECIMO are denoted by a double dagger ([double dagger]) in the Production table opposite. Asian builders continue to set pace in output But this was just a warm-up for the director's ragingly romantic House of Flying Daggers (which made its American debut at the New York Film Festival last month and opens in theaters on December 3). Eastern exposure: Amy Taubin on recent Asian cinema
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