all bark and no bite

English

Alternative forms

• all bark but no bite

Adjective

all bark and no bite (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
2. (idiomatic) Describes someone who often says cutting remarks, but actually has a soft personality underneath.

Translations

full of big talk

• Spanish: perro ladrador, poco mordedor (es), mucho ruido y pocas nueces (es)

• Swedish: stor i orden men liten på jorden (sv)

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• French: grande gueule