handbags (at dawn) idiom UK humorous
(尤指两支足球队之间)相互作出愤怒威胁状但并未付诸行动
used to talk about a situation in which two football players seem angry and threatening but do not actually fight
It wasn't a serious confrontation - just handbags. 这不是严重的冲突,不过是双方作势而已。