at swords' points
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Says Ahmed Dini, 45, president of the newly elected National Assembly: "The Somalis and Ethiopians are at swords' points now, but what is to prevent them some day from getting together and carving us up?"
From Time Magazine Archive
They have been at swords' points ever since 1924 when Senator Couzens expressed hearty disapproval of Secretary Mellon's tax reduction program.
From Time Magazine Archive
The America's Cup races seemed at an end, for English and American yachtsmen were almost literally at swords' points.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are at swords' points with the Quezon-Osmena group.
From Time Magazine Archive
We must not believe, however, that gentiles and Christians lived always at swords' points.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
