His threats are just China's final warning.
China's final warning
idiomA warning that carries no real consequences; an empty threat.
Origin
disputed originCalque of Russian последнее китайское предупреждение (posledneje kitajskoje predupreždenije).
The manager keeps threatening to fire us for being late, but it is just China's final warning.
Despite the stern rhetoric from the board of directors, the staff dismissed the memo as nothing more than China's final warning.
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final cut
In the movie industry, the final released version of a film.
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final nail in the coffin
Something that is ultimately responsible for a previously prospective demise or failure.
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final say
The right to make a final decision.
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four-minute warning
A UK government public alert system in use during the Cold War to advise of an imminent nuclear attack.