sabre-rattling

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From the early 20th century, when an officer would threaten to draw his sabre.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: бра́зганне збро́яй (brázhannje zbrójaj) — display of military power as an implied threat
• Bulgarian: дръ́нкане на оръ́жие (drǎ́nkane na orǎ́žie) — display of military power as an implied threat
• Chinese Mandarin: 耀武揚威 /耀武扬威 (yàowǔ yángwēi) — display of military power as an implied threat
• Chinese Mandarin: 炫耀武力 (xuànyào wǔlì) — display of military power as an implied threat
• Dutch: sabelgekletter — display of military power as an implied threat
• Dutch: wapengekletter — display of military power as an implied threat
• Finnish: sapelinkalistelu — display of military power as an implied threat
• French: bruits de bottes — display of military power as an implied threat
• German: Säbelrasseln — display of military power as an implied threat
• Hungarian: kardcsörtetés — display of military power as an implied threat
• Italian: tintinnar(e) di sciabole — display of military power as an implied threat
• Japanese: 威嚇的な武力 (ikakuteki na buryoku) — display of military power as an implied threat
• Polish: pobrzękiwanie szabelką — display of military power as an implied threat
• Russian: бряца́ние ору́жием (brjacánije orúžijem) — display of military power as an implied threat
• Spanish: ruido de sables — display of military power as an implied threat
• Swedish: sabelskrammel — display of military power as an implied threat
• Ukrainian: брязкоті́ння збро́єю (brjazkotínnja zbrójeju) — display of military power as an implied threat
• Finnish: sapelinkalistelu — figuratively: any threat
• German: Säbelrasseln — figuratively: any threat