that loggerhead couldn't find the business end of a cow even if his life depended on it
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This puts Texas and New York at loggerheads, legal experts said, which could lead to a lengthy back and forth of appeals and clashing state court rulings that could lead to nowhere or eventually force a federal court to get involved.—The Hill, 9 Aug. 2025 With Fletcher gone, the five-member body was often at loggerheads between its two Democrats and two Republicans, until Monica Montgomery Steppe was elected to succeed him later that year.—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 In the meantime, Ter Stegen will reportedly lose the armband previously donned by the likes of Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets in recent times while at loggerheads with the club.—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025 Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is at loggerheads with the main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT) and the upstart Taiwan People’s Party over everything from the defense budget to the basic functions of how the Taiwanese government should work.—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for loggerhead
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Etymology
probably from English dialect logger block of wood + English head
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