VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

At Loggerheads

Meaning:

In a state of persistent disagreement

Examples:

  • What I'm saying Lister, is there's no need for us to be at loggerheads.
  • According to this analysis, the two principles at loggerheads are the system of integration on the one hand and norms of coexistence on the other.
  • At present, one of the most secular states in the Islamic world has been left in ruins, with three of its communities constantly at loggerheads.
  • In other words, this was a man with contacts with both communities, which the Turkish and Turkish-Cypriot leaders wish to keep apart and at loggerheads.
  • Good practice: Peaceboat. The initiative emerged in Japan. Initially, the idea was that a boat would visit areas in conflict with Japan, to become a meeting place for dialogue among parties that were a priori at loggerheads.
  • That is something which is very important to me, but I hope that the Albanian authorities - that is, the opposition and the government - understand that they have to stop being perpetually at loggerheads, because they have much to gain from EU membership.
  • You could say we've been at loggerheads ever since! OK?
  • That's why they were at loggerheads.
  • Things she experienced or if she was at loggerheads with anyone.
  • Do we have rules to prevent the European Union and Turkey from being at loggerheads?