barking dogs seldom bite

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barking dogs seldom bite

proverb a barking dog never bites · a barking dog seldom bites · barking dogs never bite

  1. People who make threats rarely carry them out.

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proverb people who make threats rarely carry them out

Españolperro ladrador, poco mordedor, perro que ladra no muerde
한국어짖는 개는 물지 않는다 jinneun gaeneun mulji anneunda
日本語弱い犬ほどよく吠る yowai inu hodo yoku hoeru, 能無し犬の高吠え nōnashi inu no takaboe
中文刀子嘴豆腐心 dāozi zuǐ dòufu xīn, 善吠的狗很少咬人 shàn fèi-de gǒu hěn shǎo yǎo rén
Portuguêscão que ladra não morde, cão que late não morde
Françaischien qui aboie ne mord pas
DeutschHunde, die bellen, beißen nicht
Italianocan che abbaia non morde, cane che abbaia non morde
Ελληνικάσκύλος που γαβγίζει δεν δαγκώνει skýlos pou gavgízei den dagkónei, σκυλί που γαβγίζει δεν δαγκώνει skylí pou gavgízei den dagkónei
Românăcâinele care latră nu mușcă
Русскийла́ющая соба́ка не куса́ет lájuščaja sobáka ne kusájet
Tiếng Việtchó sủa là chó không cắn, thùng rỗng kêu to
العربيةالكِلَابُ النَّابِحَةُ نَادِرًا مَا تَعَضّ al-kilābu an-nābiḥatu nādiran mā taʕaḍḍ

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@misc{barking_dogs_seldom_bite_2026,
  title = {barking dogs seldom bite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barking%20dogs%20seldom%20bite},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}