I doubt he's willing even to back them if they rattle their sabers a little.

The Evil Empire is rattling its sabers and threatening to invade, just to add to the fun.

A hostile border, now that the Indians had finally stopped rattling their sabers and actually drawn them.

The federal government is rattling its sabers and promising an all-out effort to capture them.

When Microsoft rattled its sabers at them, they doubled and then tripled the prize.

I definitely did not like the way this was going, especially since his men were making a lot of noise rattling their sabers as they drew them.

The Kremlin had rattled its sabers and an American nuclear alert was a fresh memory.

The officers of the guard rattled their sabers.

"I don't think they will rattle their sabers very loudly for a while," said Corrie.

These guys are rattling their sabers, and I don't know what that's all about.