rattle one's saber

rattle one's saber
rattle one's saber & rattle its saber
Fig. to make threatening statements or actions. •

The president is just rattling his saber. He would never attack such a small country!

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{v. phr.} To threaten another government or country without subsequent acts of war. * /It is considered an act of demagoguery on the part of politicians to rattle their sabers./ Compare: YELLOW JOURNALISM.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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