Idiom
all bark and no bite
Meaning
Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't worry about him; he is all bark and no bite.”
“My boss threatens to fire us every week, but he is all bark and no bite.”
“Although the politician issued aggressive warnings to his rivals, the public soon realized he was all bark and no bite.”
Examples
simple
“Don't worry about him; he is all bark and no bite.”
contextual
“My boss threatens to fire us every week, but he is all bark and no bite.”
complex
“Although the politician issued aggressive warnings to his rivals, the public soon realized he was all bark and no bite.”
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