trail (one's) coat



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.
See also: coat, trail

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GrÍMhildr-Norse Mythology, Ancient Scandinavian
Benedetta-Italian
Kim (2)KEEM (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Draco-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Janinezha-NEEN (French), jə-NEEN (English)French, English, Dutch, German
AlphaAL-fəEnglish