cross swords

常见例句

Don't argue with Professor Smith; you are not old enough to cross swords with him.
不要同史密斯教授争了，同他交锋，你还嫩了点。
Characters leap over rooftops, walk up walls, and cross swords in breathtaking duels.
片中人物能飞檐走壁、以刀剑进行惊险对决。
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however, he said to the servant: "You will cross swords with me tomorrow, and you will pay with your life this blunder!"
他忙不迭地向之道歉，请求原谅，谁知后者却不依不饶：明天你要和我进行决斗，你将为你的错误付出生命的代价！

The two Arvinds cross swords on when and why India's fortunes turned.
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Most do not, and all too often the owners cross swords with the original landholder: a strange creature who counts on irrigation water, operates machinery at odd hours, and offends his neighbours with smelly cattle-holding pens.
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