at daggers drawn

If two people or groups are at daggers drawn, they are having a serious disagreement and are very angry with each other. This expression is used in British English.

It is rumoured that the publishing and record divisions of the company were at daggers drawn over the simultaneous release of the book and the album.

now finds itself at daggers drawn with the same press it had gone to such great lengths to give freedom of expression

look daggers at someone

shoot daggers at someone

If someone looks daggers at you or shoots daggers at you, they stare at you in a very angry way. Verbs such as `stare' and `glare' are sometimes used instead of `look' or `shoot'. These expressions are used mainly in novels.

Christabel stopped caressing her hair and looked daggers at Ron. Watching and glare angrily at each other the reminded me of something I'd read once; that hate was the reverse side of the coin called love.

Dede shot daggers at her adversary until she was out of sight.

Jon glared daggers at Michael and grabbed the back of his belt, bringing him to a standstill.