at daggers drawn

Etymology
Probably a reference to people preparing to fight by drawing their daggers from their sheaths. Compare 🇨🇬.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  In a state of open hostility.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: sotajalalla
 * French:
 * Polish:
 * Welsh: yn barod i ymladd, ar daro, am waed eich gilydd, yn benben