There’s little/no love lost between A and B

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If there is little or no love lost between two people, they dislike each other intensely.

There's no love lost between those two. They have been fighting for years.
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Often appears as...

  • have no love lost
  • show no love lost

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Idiomatic

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Intense Dislike

Emphasizes strong, negative feelings, not just mild dislike.

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After the merger, there was little love lost between the two management teams.
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Mutual Feeling

Indicates that the feelings of dislike are shared between both parties.

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There's no love lost between the rival athletes; both want to win.
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Not Recent

The phrase often implies a history of bad blood, not a one-time event.

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With a history of fierce competition, there was little love lost between the two firms.
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