to trail one's coat, to seek to pick a quarrel; to be provocative in one's conduct. Cf. to drag his coat-tails, so that some one may tread on them at…
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > find occasion for quarrelling > give provocation (2) to trail one's coat1877 to trail one's coat, to seek to pick a quarrel; to be provocative in one's conduct. Cf. to drag his coat-tails, so that some one may tread on them at… to look for (or seek) trouble1901 In various other special applications, euphemistic, colloquial, dialectal, or vulgar. Unpleasant relations with the authorities, esp. such as… |
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