all bark and no bite
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all bark and no bite
adjective all bark but no bite · all bark no bite
- Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
- Often making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath.
- Aggressive but never combative. The phrase "all bark, no bite" could have been coined for our mutts; couple of wimps, those two.
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adj full of big talk
| Español | mucho ruido y pocas nueces, ladra pero no muerde, irse la fuerza por la boca |
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| 日本語 | 張り子の虎 hariko no tora |
| 中文 | 乾打雷，不下雨 /干打雷, 不下雨 gān dǎléi, bù xiàyú, 光說不做 /光说不做 guāngshuōbùzuò |
| Português | cão que ladra não morde, cão que late não morde |
| Français | grande gueule |
| Deutsch | große Klappe und nichts dahinter |
| Italiano | tutto fumo e niente arrosto |
| Ελληνικά | όλο λόγια ólo lógia |
| Русский | пуста́я бо́чка гро́мче греми́т pustája bóčka grómče gremít |
| עברית | כלב נובח אינו נושך |
adj making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath
| Español | perro ladrador, poco mordedor |
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| 中文 | 刀子嘴豆腐心 dāozi zuǐ dòufu xīn |
| Italiano | cane che abbaia non morde |
| Ελληνικά | σκυλί που γαβγίζει δεν δαγκώνει skylí pou gavgízei den dagkónei, σκύλος που γαβγίζει δεν δαγκώνει skýlos pou gavgízei den dagkónei |
| Tiếng Việt | chó sủa là chó không cắn |
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