at loggerheads
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /æt ˈlɒɡəhɛdz/
  • (GA) IPA: /æt ˈlɔɡɚˌhɛdz/, /ˈlɑ-/
Prepositional phrase
  1. (figuratively) Unable to agree; opposing#Adjective|opposing.
    We were really at loggerheads about what to do with the money we found on the side of the road; she said we should turn it in, I said we should keep it.
Translations
  • French: comme chien et chat, diamétralement opposés
  • German: auf Kriegsfuß, in den Haaren
  • Italian: ai ferri corti
  • Russian: в ссо́ре
  • Spanish: de pique, a la greña



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