come-on-if-you-dare

Updated: May 18, 2025

It then made a demonstration of attack on the crab, but that crustaceous worthy, sitting up on its hind-legs and expanding both claws with a very "come-on-if-you-dare" aspect, bid it defiance. Meanwhile the charge was laid, and Maxwell rose to return to the world above.

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters