trail (one's) coat

To incite an argument. If one literally trails one's coat, a passerby could easily step on it, thus creating a tense situation. With a comment like that, she is clearly trailing her coat, and I refuse to take the bait.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shonda	SHAWN-də	English
Mechislav	-	Russian (Rare), Medieval Slavic
Bashemath	-	Biblical
Meltem	-	Turkish
Avedis	-	Armenian
Odysseus	o-DIS-ee-əs (English)	Greek Mythology