| 词组 | come to blows |
| 释义 | Idiom come to blows (over something) Theme: FIGHTING to fight about something, usually by striking blows, or verbally.They got excited about the accident, but they never actually came to blows over it.Yes, they aren't the kind of people who come to blows. Idiom come to blows to have a fight or a serious argument with someone.Demonstrators nearly came to blows with the police during the march.It seems increasingly unlikely that the two countries will come to blows over this latest territorial dispute (often + over)come to blowsTo get into a fight, often physically. Shopping on Black Friday can be so frenetic and crazy that many customers nearly come to blows with one another! come to blows (over someone or something)and come to blows (about someone or something)to reach the point of fighting about someone or something. Let's not come to blows over this silly disagreement. come to blowsBegin to fight. For example, It hardly seems worth coming to blows over a dollar! Thomas Hobbes had it in Leviathan (1651): "Their controversie must either come to blowes, or be undecided." This term is also put as fall to blows, especially in Britain. [Late 1500s] come to blowsCOMMON If two people come to blows, they disagree so much about something that they start to fight. Two smartly-dressed women came to blows on a crowded commuter train yesterday, amazing onlookers. Local residents nearly came to blows over the proposal. come to ˈblows (over something)begin to hit each other: They were shouting at each other so much that I thought they would come to blows.come to blows To begin a physical fight. come to blows, toTo begin fighting, usually physically. “Their controversie must either come to blowes or be undecided,” wrote Thomas Hobbes in The Leviathan (1651). It also was sometimes put as “fall to blows,” as in Shakespeare’s HenryVI, Part 2, 2.3. |
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