muscle-flexing
noun[U]
uk/ˈmʌs.əlˌflek.sɪŋ/us/ˈmʌs.əlˌflek.sɪŋ/apublicshow ofmilitaryorpoliticalpowerthat isintendedtoworryanopponent:
军事（或政治）实力的显示Oppositiongroupsfearviolence, afterweeksofmilitarymuscle-flexing from thegovernment.政府进行了几周的军事实力展示以后，反对派担心会发生暴力事件。
Physically strong and powerful
- (as) tough as old bootsidiom
- almighty
- beefy
- billy-o
- brute
- burly
- corded
- intensely
- invincible
- invincibly
- invulnerable
- keenly
- lusty
- reckon
- stalwart
- sturdily
- super-powerful
- superhuman
- to be reckoned withidiom
- tough