English Explanatory Dictionary

one's bark is worse than one's bite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase

One acts in a threatening way but is relatively harmless.

Pronunciation

En-au-one's bark is worse than one's bite.ogg

Word forms

one's bark is worse than one's bite

Related words

barking dogs seldom bite all bark and no bite sell wolf tickets

Previous

Next

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on O Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary