Idiom
handbags at ten paces
Meaning
Synonym of handbags at dawn (“a catty squabble”).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The two neighbors are having handbags at ten paces again.”
“The meeting turned into handbags at ten paces when the two managers started arguing over the office budget.”
“What began as a professional disagreement quickly devolved into handbags at ten paces, with both parties trading petty insults rather than discussing the actual project.”
Examples
simple
“The two neighbors are having handbags at ten paces again.”
contextual
“The meeting turned into handbags at ten paces when the two managers started arguing over the office budget.”
complex
“What began as a professional disagreement quickly devolved into handbags at ten paces, with both parties trading petty insults rather than discussing the actual project.”
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