1.
at daggers drawn with sb.
剑拔弩张，势不两立
2.
The North and South were at loggerheads.
南北双方形成了剑拔弩张的紧张局势。
3.
The dispute was settled without acrimony.
这场争论未剑拔弩张而获解决.
4.
They were now at battle-pitch
他们这会儿已经剑拔弩张。
5.
to be at daggers drawn (with sb.): very hostile about to fight
剑拔弩张，（与某人）即将打起来
6.
The national mood was nervous, aggressive-defensive, lost.
整个国家陷入剑拔弩张、惊慌失措的气氛中。
7.
The soldier figures have strong muscles, big staring eyes and swords or arrows in their hands.
在人物俑中，武士肌肉发达，怒目圆睁，剑拔弩张;
8.
There were some tense moments at the end of this soccer game.
球赛快结束时，有几个时刻有剑拔弩张的感觉。
9.
From Extremism to Peace:Comment and Discrimination--Liu Yong by Later Generations;
从剑拔弩张到归诸和平——柳永后世批评辨正
10.
Since their acrimonious divorce, she has not allowed her former husband to see the children.
自从他们剑拔弩张的离婚之后，她已经不许前夫见孩子。
11.
Both were shocked at their mutual situation-that each should have betrayed anger towards the other.
他们对彼此的态度都有些吃惊，想不到竟会剑拔弩张，怒目相向。
12.
We had gone from good humor to bellicosity back to joviality in five hours.
在五个小时中，双方一会儿从谈笑风生变成剑拔弩张，一会儿又恢复谈笑风生。
13.
"I know you're upset, but we have to consider some things before we go off half-cocked"
“我知道你心里窝火，但是先不要这样剑拔弩张的，有些事我们先得合计一下。”
14.
But a multitude of flags still waves in Europe, the frontiers still exasperate, great armies accumulate fresh stores of equipment.
但是，许许多多的国旗还在欧洲飘扬，边境依然剑拔弩张，大批军队正在屯积新的装备。
15.
The world lives at daggers drawn in a cold war.
世界在冷战中剑拨弩张。
16.
Witness the tensions that dog OPEC, the cartel of oil-producing countries.
连石油生产国联盟OPEC都各自为政，弓拔弩张。
17.
She let them be kindly and disdainful, she let them feel they had no need to draw their steel in readiness.
她接受他们的和蔼和轻蔑,她让他们知道用不着剑拨弩张。
18.
Energy may be likened to the Bending of a crossbow;decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
势如张弩,节如发机。