rattle sabers
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rattle sabers
To make aggressive, blustering, and typically empty threats. I'd like to think that the country's threats of nuclear extermination are just them rattling sabers, but I'm not too sure anymore. The boss just likes to rattle sabers every now and then to make herself feel powerful.
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rattle sabres
threaten to take aggressive action.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017