at loggerheads
prep_phraseUK /æt ˈlɒɡəhɛdz/ · US /æt ˈlɔɡɚˌhɛdz/
Etymology Uncertain; possibly from the use of a loggerhead (“metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end”) as a weapon during a fight.
1
Figuratively Unable to agree; opposing.
- We were really at loggerheads about what to do with the money we found on the side of the road; she said we should turn it in, I said we should keep it.
- Educators in a Washington state school district went on strike Friday because the teachers’ union and the Ridgefield School District (RSD) remain at loggerheads following months of collective bargaining negotiations.2022 September 9, Paradise Afshar, “Washington state school district goes on strike”, in CNN:
- Synonyms
- at odds, at sixes and sevens