Trouble & conflict
200 idioms live on this lane.
Idioms about trouble & conflict
- above water
- abuse of distress
- after all
- any port in a storm
- army volunteer
- at each other's throats
- at odds
- at the best of times
- at the high port
- at variance
- back to the wall
- bad blood
- beat someone's brains out
- beat the daylights out of
- beat the poop out of
- beat the shit out of
- beat the stuffing out of
- belly up
- beyond one's pay grade
- bite the curb
- blame game
- blood and guts
- blow a hole through
- blow someone's brains out
- bone of contention
- borrowed time
- bottom fall out
- break ranks
- break someone's back
- bring a knife to a gunfight
- bump off
- burn one's fingers
- burn that bridge when one comes to it
- bust a cap
- butcher's bill
- butt heads
- by the skin of one's teeth
- catch hands
- catch it
- the chickens come home to roost
- come home to roost
- come to blows
- come unstuck
- come what may
- couldn't happen to a nicer
- cross swords
- cut below
- devil's luck
- dig one's own grave
- don't shit where you eat
- down and out
- down on one's luck
- draw fire
- drive a wedge
- drown the miller
- eat one's young
- everything one touches turns to shit
- execution-style
- fact is
- fall between two stools
- the feathers fly
- fight for one's life
- fish in troubled waters
- fist magnet
- for one's life
- get by
- get into trouble
- give someone a bloody nose
- go pear-shaped
- go through hell
- go to the mattresses
- go to the wall
- granny-bashing
- half murder
- hand someone his head
- handbags at dawn
- the handbags come out
- hand-to-mouth
- hard done by
- hard nut to crack
- hard-pressed
- have a bone to pick
- have someone by the short hairs
- heads will roll
- heavy going
- hell to pay
- herd cats
- high and dry
- in at the deep end
- in cold blood
- in for it
- in the wrong place at the wrong time
- keep one's head above water
- keep the peace
- keep the wolf from the door
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
- knee-deep in the Big Muddy
- knock the living daylights out of
- land on one's feet
- last-ditch
- law of the jungle
- life's a bitch
- live to tell the tale
- lock horns
- lone gunman
- look for a dog to kick
- make hard work of
- make heavy going of
- make heavy weather
- make mincemeat out of
- make one's bed and lie in it
- man down
- mass destruction
- mission creep
- muddle along
- necessary evil
- no plan survives contact with the enemy
- on eternal patrol
- on opposite sides of the barricades
- on the horns of a dilemma
- on the rampage
- on the warpath
- open a can of whoop ass
- open fire
- out for blood
- out of luck
- out of the woods
- ox is in the ditch
- parade of horribles
- pissing war
- poisoned chalice
- poke someone's eye out
- pour fuel on the fire
- pour gasoline on the fire
- pour oil on troubled waters
- punch someone's lights out
- punch someone's ticket
- put a gun to someone's head
- put someone's lights out
- put the boot in
- put to the sword
- raise the flag and see who salutes
- reap the whirlwind
- reverse Midas touch
- rip to shreds
- rough patch
- rough sledding
- rough trot
- run afoul of
- sabre-rattling
- scrape through
- scratch by
- set by the ears
- shed blood
- shit out of luck
- slanging match
- slap someone around
- slings and arrows
- slow march
- stand in one's own light
- steady the ship
- stick in the mud
- stick the knife in
- strike someone when they are down
- sucker punch
- take a bullet
- take a turn for the worse
- take down a peg
- take great pains
- take its toll
- take sides
- take someone's head off
- take something in stride
- take the bitter with the sweet
- take the fall
- take the point
- tall order
- teething problem
- teething troubles
- them's the breaks
- thin the herd
- tough break
- tough going
- tough luck
- tough nut to crack
- tough sledding
- toughen up
- trouble at mill
- turf war
- under a cloud
- up poo creek
- up shit creek without a paddle
- up shit's creek without a paddle
- uphill battle
- weather the storm
- what's the beef
- when the chips are down
- within ames ace
- woe betide
- worst comes to worst