all bark and no bite
Adjective
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Adjective
all bark and no bite (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
- (idiomatic) Often making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath.
- (idiomatic) Aggressive but never combative.
- French: grande gueule
- Italian: tutto fumo e niente arrosto
- Spanish: mucho ruido y pocas nueces
- Italian: cane che abbaia non morde
- Spanish: perro ladrador, poco mordedor
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