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all bark and no bite

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English

Alternative forms

all bark but no bite,all bark no bite

Pronunciation

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Adjective

all bark and no bite (notcomparable)

(idiomatic) Full ofbig talk but lackingaction,power, orsubstance;pretentious.
(idiomatic) Often makingcutting remarks, but having agentle personality underneath.
(idiomatic) Aggressive but never combative.
- 2008,Wally Lamb,The Hour I First Believed, Ch.1, at p.28:
  The phrase "all bark, no bite"could have been coined for our mutts; couple of wimps, those two.

Translations

full of big talk

Catalan:moltes bufes i pocs trons,molta fressa i poca endreça
Chinese:
Cantonese:光說不做 /光说不做(gwong¹ syut³ bat¹ zou⁶)
Mandarin:乾打雷，不下雨 /干打雷，不下雨,光說不做 /光说不做 (zh)(guāngshuōbùzuò)
Danish:han er ikke så farlig som han ser ud
Finnish:paljon porua, vähän villoja
French:grande gueule (fr)
German:große Klappe und nichts dahinter
Greek:όλο λόγια(ólo lógia)
Hebrew:כלב נובח אינו נושך (he)(literally“a dog that barks does not bite”)
Indonesian:tong kosong nyaring bunyinya (id)(empty cans make the loudest noises)
Italian:tutto fumo e niente arrosto(all smoke and no roast)
Japanese:張り子の虎(はりこのとら, hariko no tora)(papier-mâché tiger)
Khmer:ឆ្កែព្រុសមិនដែលខាំ(chkaepruhmɨndaelkham)
Polish:krowa, która dużo ryczy, mało mleka daje (pl)(a cow that moos much, gives little milk)
Portuguese:cão que ladra não morde (pt),cão que late não morde(a dog that barks does not bite)
Russian:пуста́я бо́чка гро́мче греми́т(pustája bóčka grómče gremít)(empty barrel rattles louder)
Slovenian:peš, ki laja, ne griže
Spanish:mucho ruido y pocas nueces(much noise and few nuts),ladra pero no muerde,irse la fuerza por la boca
Swedish:stor i orden men liten på jorden

making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath

Chinese:
Mandarin: ,刀子嘴豆腐心 (zh)(dāozi zuǐ dòufu xīn)
Finnish:kova päältä,pehmeä sisältä
Greek:σκυλί που γαβγίζει δεν δαγκώνει(skylí pou gavgízei den dagkónei),σκύλος που γαβγίζει δεν δαγκώνει(skýlos pou gavgízei den dagkónei)
Italian:cane che abbaia non morde
Khmer:បានតែព្រុស(baantaepruh)
Russian:please add this translation if you can
Spanish:perro ladrador, poco mordedor
Vietnamese:chó sủa là chó không cắn

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