fought like cats and dogs
Quarreled without cease
Fought like cats and dogs describes intense, frequent quarreling—the kind of persistent conflict associated with the proverbial enmity between the two animals.
Usually applied to siblings, spouses, or others in close relationships who argue constantly but remain connected: My brothers fought like cats and dogs growing up, but now they're best friends.
- at oddsIn a state of conflict
- loggerheadsState of stubborn disagreement
- family feudProlonged conflict between relatives
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- heated argumentIntense verbal conflict
at each other's throats · bad blood · anger · aggression · quarrel · frustration · feud · clash · animosity · bitterness · confrontation · truce · burying the hatchet · hostility · forgiveness · compromise · making peace · toe-to-toe
fought like cats and dogsthick as thieves
Intimately allied and loyal
two peas in a pod · inseparable · peaceful coexistence · joined at the hip · bosom buddies
fought like cats and dogskept the peace
Maintained order and calm
lived and let live · civil · agreed to disagree · neutral · ships passing in the night
fights, fighting, fighter, fighters, fought, liking, likeness, unlike, likewise