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
Mohan	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Ruqayyah	-	Arabic
Aapo	AH:-po	Finnish
ViÊN	-	Vietnamese
Corneliu	-	Romanian
Samİ	-	Turkish