empty threat

English

Noun

empty threat (plural empty threats)

1. A threat made with no chance of being carried out.

   Synonyms: (archaic) brutum fulmen, China's final warning

Translations

Translations

Finnish: tyhjä uhkaus, perätön uhkaus French: menace en l'air f Polish: pusta groźba f Russian: после́днее кита́йское предупрежде́ние (ru) n (poslédneje kitájskoje predupreždénije)

Further reading

• “empty threat”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.