the knives are out

釋義

1. the knives are out (for sb)

   （對某人）磨刀霍霍，興師問罪

   the situation has become so bad that people are preparing to make one person take the blame, for example by taking away their job

電影裡這樣說 · 4 部

• Knives out, beaks bloody!Knives Out2019
• Look who Knives is hanging out with.Scott Pilgrim vs. the World2010
• Oh, yeah! The one the Knives Out guy directed, right?Scream2022

在完整場景裡學

• 利刃出鞘2019
  • 警探逐個盤問家人：pass the torch（交接衣缽）
  • 私家偵探初次登場：at the behest of（受某人之託）
  • 一家人復盤派對爭吵：the black sheep of the family（害群之馬）

同一詞條的短語

• like a knife through butter
• put the knife in
• turn the knife
• under the knife