A common barrier amongst people who are new to a language is the pronunciation of words that are new to them, this can make learning new words or understanding certain phrases difficult especially if they have never seen the word or phrase written out before
It is a figure of speech. Obviously they hadn't actually been on the verge of cutting each other's throats, it's a fancy way of saying they were all very angry and couldn't stand each other. The author's purpose was to imply that before something happened, they were very angry and unable to stand each other.
The what oh never mind its part of the q it is paragraph
Answer :
In the short story "The Dog that Bit People" by James Thurber, the connotation of Muggs' epitaph reads "Cave Canem." "Cave Canem is a Latin phrase which literally means in English "Beware of the Dog." This statement alarms a person to the inherent danger regarding the dog and is used as a warning for a dog that might bite. Muggs bit more than forty people during his lifetime. This is the reason why the negative connotation "Cave Canem" has been used in his epitaph. The connotation serves as a fond reminder of the dog's biting incidents.
