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.
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Person suffering from Alzheimers can remember music related memories as the brain key areas are damaged ....
A Pop critic would review a new version of a flat-screen television.
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Chaucer draws on the ESTATES satire prevalent in his time to bring out the traits of the different classes of society.
He uses the technique of FRAME story to hold the narrative together.
Estates satire is composed of three medieval estates. The Clergy (those who pray, the Nobility (those who fought), and the Peasantry (those who labored).
Frame story is a literary technique wherein narration is given. Frame story is a story within a story.
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