BARK WORSE THAN ONE'S BITE


Meaning of BARK WORSE THAN ONE'S BITE in English

{informal} Sound or speech more frightening or worse than your actions. * /The small dog barks savagely, but his bark is worse than his bite./ * /The boss sometimes talks roughly to the men, but they know that his bark is worse than his bite./ * /She was always scolding her children, but they knew her bark was worse than her bite./

Slang English vocab.      Английский сленговый словарь.