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Thu 23 Apr, 2015 08:46 am
I know the meaning of 'throats', but I failed to understand the meaning of following sentence. Would anybody like to explain it?
"Jim and Joe are brothers who have been at each other’s throats since their childhood days; each one always trying to outdo the other."
Thanks to all.
@Nousher Ahmed,
It suggests the two brothers fighting each other. Each has his hands on the other's neck. It's a common figure of speech.
"being at each other's throats" indicates that they argued a lot over time. It's a way of saying they didn't get along at all with each other. It does not mean they even touched each other, physically. It's an idiomatic figure of speech.
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