rattle saber

rattle one's saber

and 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!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aki (1)	AH-kee	Finnish
Janice	JAN-is	English
Wullem	WUL-ləm	Limburgish
Ben (2)	BEN	Dutch
Payne	[pein]
Erno	ER-no	Finnish