dealt with very severely. (Referring to a practice of torturing someone guilty of treason by disemboweling and dividing the body into four parts. Fixed order.) • Todd was practically drawn and quartered for losing the Wilson contract. • You were much too harsh with Jean. No matter what she did, she didn't need to be drawn and quartered for it!
At daggers drawn
If people are at daggers drawn, they are very angry and close to violence.
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daggers drawn, at Also, with daggers drawn. About to or ready to fight, as in Are Felix and Oscar still at daggers drawn over the rent? Although daggers today are rarely if ever used to avenge an insult or issue a challenge to a duel, this idiom remains current. Its figurative use dates from about 1800.
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