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Meaning of the handbags come out | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

A row intensifies; a dispute becomes heated.

UK, idiomatic, rare

Examples

“"I'm ready to take the blame for all the problems of English football, if that is what he wants." The handbags come out early doors when Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger responds to Ferguson's dig about the Gunners' foreign contingent.”

“The handbags have come out after a diplomatic argument between Israel and Brazil got, well, very personal.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

the Hatfields and the McCoys the heart wants what it wants the heat is on the heavens open the hell you say the highest branch is not the safest roost