cross swords

基本解释

Don't argue with Professor Smith; you are not old enough to cross swords with him.
不要同史密斯教授爭了，同他交鋒，你還嫩了點。
Characters leap over rooftops, walk up walls, and cross swords in breathtaking duels.
片中人物能飛簷走壁、以刀劍進行驚險對決。
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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!"
他忙不疊地曏之道歉，請求原諒，誰知後者卻不依不饒：明天你要和我進行決鬭，你將爲你的錯誤付出生命的代價！

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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