Idiom
one's bark is worse than one's bite
Meaning
One acts in a threatening way but is relatively harmless.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't worry about him; his bark is worse than his bite.”
“My boss yells when he is stressed, but his bark is worse than his bite and he is actually very kind.”
“Although the professor seemed intimidating and prone to sharp criticism, his students eventually learned that his bark was worse than his bite.”
Examples
simple
“Don't worry about him; his bark is worse than his bite.”
contextual
“My boss yells when he is stressed, but his bark is worse than his bite and he is actually very kind.”
complex
“Although the professor seemed intimidating and prone to sharp criticism, his students eventually learned that his bark was worse than his bite.”
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