at someone's throat

Prepositional phrase

Behaving very aggressively or snappishly toward someone.

Japanese Meaning

誰かに対して非常に攻撃的かつ短気な態度で接すること。

By the end of the meeting, John was practically at someone's throat over every minor issue.

会議の終わりには、ジョンは些細なことで誰にでも食ってかかるようになっていた。

Sense（1）

Behaving very aggressively or snappishly toward someone.

They were at each other's throats all evening.