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
Jasmijn	yahs-MIEN	Dutch
Liucija	LUW-tsi-yah	Lithuanian
Mikkel	MEEK-kel (Danish, Norwegian), MEEG-gel (Danish)	Danish, Norwegian
Osbourne	AHZ-born	English (Rare)
Kendall	['kendl]
Ruth (1)	ROOTH (English), ROOT (German)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Biblical, Biblical Latin