"Japan first threatened to walk out of the International Whaling Commission in 1982, I believe, so it is a threat that's been heard before," Rattenbury said."VOA-0464", "2172008"
あのネタは、こちらの言うことを聞かない修学旅行の高校生に使う脅し文句なんですよ」
I use that story to frighten high school students who come on school trips and don't listen to what I'm saying!""IC014002", "2342587"
かむ根性が無いなら、歯を見せるな。/戦う気が無いなら、脅し文句は言うな。
If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.〔ことわざ〕
なんでも家に侵入して、書斎にまで入り込み、「脅し文句を吐いた」のだ、という。
had somehow slipped into the house, made his way up to the library, and "used threatening language."〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_DOOR2", "2593130"