the handbags come out

Meaning: (UK,idiomatic,soccer,rare)A row intensifies; a dispute becomes heated.2008, Chris Charles,BBC Sport,12 May 2008, “Premier League quotes of the season”:"I'm ready to take the blame for all the problems of English football, if that is what he wants."The handbags come outearly doors when Arsenal bossArsene Wengerresponds toFerguson'sdig about theGunners' foreign contingent.2014,Oliver Wheaton,Metro, 26 Jul 2014, “Handbags: Israel has dig at Brazil’s 7-1 World Cup defeat after diplomatic row over Gaza bombing”:The handbags have come outafter a diplomatic argument between Israel and Brazil got, well, very personal.

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