empty threat イディオム
triple threat|threat|triple
n. A football player who is able to pass, kick, and run all very well.
The triple threat halfback was the star of the team.
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triple threat
triple threat A person who is adept in three areas, as in
She's a triple threat on the editorial staff—she can edit, write, and design pages. This term comes from football, where it signifies a player who is good at running, passing, and kicking. [c. 1920] Also see
hat trick.
empty threat
A blackmail that is bare of account or meaning, one that cannot or was never advised to be agitated out. The administrator is consistently abounding of abandoned threats about advancing our pay, but he'll never absolutely go through with it.Learn more: empty, threat