The two neighbors are having handbags at ten paces again.
handbags at ten paces
idiomSynonym of handbags at dawn (“a catty squabble”).
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.
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a hundred and ten percent
A level of effort beyond what one can usually sustain; great exertion.
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card of ten
A bold front, an instance of standing one's ground.
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cock and Hen
[Cockney slang]ten
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count to ten
An expression used to describe or recommend a process for pausing to regain one's composure when one is on the verge of losing one's temper.
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five will get you ten
I strongly believe.
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handbags at dawn
A catty squabble.
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nine times out of ten
Very often, mostly, most of the time.
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ten a penny
So common as to be practically or almost worthless.