Meaning: daggers 
'dægə
n.
a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
speak daggers Idiom, Proverb
look daggers
look daggers at
Idiom(s): look daggers at sbTheme: ENMITY
to give someone a dirty look.
• Tom must have been mad at Ann from the way he was looking daggers at her.
• Don't you dare look daggers at me! Don't even look cross-eyed at me!
At daggers drawn
If people are at daggers drawn, they are very angry and close to violence.look daggers|dagger|daggers|look
v. phr. To show anger with a look; express hate or enmity by a look or stare; look fiercely. The other driver looked daggers at Morris for turning in before him. Mary did not dare talk back to her father, but she looked daggers.daggers drawn, at
daggers drawn, atAlso, with daggers drawn. About to or ready to fight, as in Are Felix and Oscar still at daggers drawn over the rent? Although daggers today are rarely if ever used to avenge an insult or issue a challenge to a duel, this idiom remains current. Its figurative use dates from about 1800.
speak daggers
To allege agonizingly or maliciously, so as to aching the listener. I can't angle to be about my mother these days—she's consistently speaking acrimony because she's so miserable. I will allege acrimony to my adversary back I see him at the debate.Learn more: dagger, speak
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