the knives are out

释义

1. the knives are out (for sb)

   （对某人）磨刀霍霍，兴师问罪

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

电影里这样说 · 4 部

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

在完整场景里学

• 利刃出鞘2019
  • 警探逐个盘问家人：pass the torch（交接衣钵）
  • 私家侦探初次登场：at the behest of（受某人之托）
  • 一家人复盘派对争吵：the black sheep of the family（害群之马）

同一词条的短语

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