fur-flying
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Since a particularly vicious fight between cats or other animals sends fur flying.
Adjective
[edit]fur-flying
- (informal, idiomatic) Vicious.
- 2006: 'Anticlimactic as it may have been, the news last week that Meredith Vieira would replace Katie Couric on the “Today” show marked the dénouement of a fur-flying, nail-biting, years-long game of musical chairs among television’s leading ladies.' — The New Yorker, 17 April 2006, page 27.