fight like cat and dog
Perpetually at odds
To fight like cat and dog is to argue or quarrel constantly and fiercely, like the proverbial animosity between the two animals: My parents fought like cat and dog for years before the divorce.
The phrase describes ongoing conflict rather than a single dispute—siblings, spouses, or colleagues who can't stop bickering.
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- spatPetty verbal dispute
- sibling rivalryCompetition between children sharing parents
- family dramaConflict among relatives
bad blood · sworn enemies · confrontation · rival · lock horns · at each other's throats · argument · enmity · bicker · dispute · tiff · domestic dispute · love-hate · at odds · feud · altercation · go to war · oil and water