打冷战

打冷战

Literally means:

fight a cold war

Actually means:

show a cold attitude towards each other

Originally it means countries would take various non-military but hostile actions against each other.

It figuratively means different individuals or groups are in contradictive positions, and that when they are in conflicts, they would repel each other and show a cold attitude towards each other.

原指国家之间在军事行动以外的各种敌对行为。

比喻人和人、集团与集团之间处于不和或矛盾的状态，或双方有了矛盾之后采取排斥、冷淡等非激烈的态度对待对方。