them's fighting words

Idioms  

1. see fighting words.

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Example Sentences

I’ve even added some of Huntr/x’s songs to my resistance playlist titled, “Them’s Fighting Words.”

From Salon

“But when they say San Francisco liberal, as if to make it sound like it’s something negative, them’s fighting words. Don’t attack my city. Don’t attack my city.”

From Fox News

Standing tall, arms spread, changing colors—them's fighting words for an octopus.

From National Geographic

Them’s fighting words to air power advocates like David Deptula, a retired Air Force lieutenant general who ran the successful air campaign over Afghanistan in the opening months of the U.S. campaign there.

From Time

Them’s fighting words from the distant relative of Aaron Burr, the former vice president of the United States famed for killing founding father Alexander Hamilton in an 1804 duel.

From Time