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
Sophocles	SAHF-u-kleez (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Bartol	-	Croatian (Rare)
Aldous	['ɔ:ldəs]
Mirinda	mee-REEN-dah	Esperanto
Judi	JOO-dee	English
Ljube	-	Macedonian