cross verbal swords;engage in a battle of words; speak daggers ? 在談判桌上，雙方～，不久談判中斷，仗又打了起來。At the conference table the two sides engaged in a battle of words. So very soon the talks broke down and the war resumed.
唇槍舌劍
cross verbal swords;engage in a battle of words;have a heated verbal exchange
唇槍舌劍舌劍唇槍chún qiānɡ shé jiàn
嘴唇象槍，舌頭象劍。比喻辯論時言辭激烈，針鋒相對。engage in a battle of words,cross verbal swords, speak daggers