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
Savino	-	Italian
Burch	[bɜ:tʃ]
Anath (2)	-	Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Kathryn	['kæθrin]
Theirn	-	French
Dominik	daw-MEE-neek (Polish), DO-mi-nik (German)	Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Polish, German, Hungarian, Croatian