"idle threat" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "idle threats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "idle threat (plural idle threats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76",
          "text": "Without any injection of money, Transport for London has said the project could be mothballed. This may not be an idle threat, given the future decline expected in London and South East commuting.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A threat made by a person who does not mean to carry it out, and which perhaps shouldn't be taken seriously by others."
      ],
      "id": "en-idle_threat-en-noun-RMv7hu8y"
    }
  ],
  "word": "idle threat"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "idle threats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "idle threat (plural idle threats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76",
          "text": "Without any injection of money, Transport for London has said the project could be mothballed. This may not be an idle threat, given the future decline expected in London and South East commuting.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A threat made by a person who does not mean to carry it out, and which perhaps shouldn't be taken seriously by others."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "idle threat"
}