at loggerheads
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain; possibly from the use of a loggerhead (“metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end”) as a weapon during a fight.[1]
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /æt ˈlɒɡəhɛdz/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /æt ˈlɔɡɚˌhɛdz/, /ˈlɑ-/
Audio (AU): (file) - Hyphenation: at log‧ger‧heads
Prepositional phrase
- (figuratively) Unable to agree; 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
unable to agree; opposing
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See also
References
- ^ “loggerhead, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1903.