at loggerheads
In heated disagreement
At loggerheads means in strong disagreement or conflict, unable to reach resolution: The union and management have been at loggerheads for months.
The phrase typically describes prolonged disputes rather than momentary disagreements.
Two parties at loggerheads are deadlocked, neither willing to give ground.
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
- butting headsConflicting through stubbornness
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- war of wordsProlonged public argument
impasse · argument · stalemate · deadlock · clash · quarrel · stonewalling · animosity · gridlock · feud · resentment · bitterness · hostility · disagreement · entrenched · digging in · standoff · arbitration
- Old Idiomsbeyond the pale, hue and cry, scot-free, knight in shining armor, eat humble pie
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- Nautical Idiomsbatten down the hatches, all hands on deck, smooth sailing, three sheets to the wind, in the same boat
- incompatibilityoil and water, chalk and cheese, apples and oranges, mismatch, clash
interpersonal harmony
at loggerheadsin agreement
Sharing a position
in harmony · of one mind · seeing eye to eye · on the same page · in accord