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How and when do you often use “at loggerheads with” ?
Is this used only in literary sentences?
How and when do you often use “at loggerheads with” ?
Is this used only in literary sentences?
Is this used only in literary sentences?
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- English (UK)
@Soh760 Quite common in spoken English. It’s definitely something I say. (It may vary depending on which part of the country as we have quite a lot of dialects).
I use it like: “those two are at loggerheads with each other, they are never going to agree about this”.
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Most people would say "at ends with."
Yours sounds like an expression used for the technique of imagery (in literature) i.e. you can picture two people butting heads.
A loggerhead is slang for a thick headed or stupid person.
People don't use it much in speech but I reckon people would understand if you said it.
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@Soh760 Quite common in spoken English. It’s definitely something I say. (It may vary depending on which part of the country as we have quite a lot of dialects).
I use it like: “those two are at loggerheads with each other, they are never going to agree about this”.
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