English 2023 Q26: From the list of words in A to D, choose one that best describes the sentence. James and Henry were at daggers drawn…

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From the list of words in A to D, choose one that best describes the sentence. James and Henry were at daggers drawn when I knew them. This means that they

  1. were always angry with each other ✓
  2. always wore daggers
  3. were good at drawing daggers
  4. were fighting everybody
Explanation

“At daggers drawn” is an idiom. It means two people are bitterly hostile and ready to fight, as if they had their daggers out.

So James and Henry were always angry with each other. The other options take the words literally, which is not the meaning of the idiom.

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