eat the dog - You yell ‘eat the dog’ to mess with someone, but you’re too

You yell ‘eat the dog’ to mess with someone, but you’re too chicken to actually fight them.

I said ‘eat the dog’ to my brother because I didn’t want to fight him.

I yelled ‘eat the dog’ at my mom because I was too lazy to argue.

I said ‘eat the dog’ to my friend just to be annoying.