Attending lumberjack bosses who are in conflict (2,11)
I believe the answer is:
at loggerheads
'attending lumberjack bosses who are in conflict' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'attending lumberjack bosses' is the wordplay.
'attending' becomes 'at' (I've seen this in other clues).
'lumberjack' becomes 'logger' (logger is a kind of lumberjack).
'bosses' becomes 'heads'.
'at'+'logger'+'heads'='AT LOGGERHEADS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for at loggerheads that I've seen before include "In confrontation" , "In violent disagreement" , "Quarrelling" , "Disagreeing with" , "In violent dispute" .)