all bark and no bite

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Noun. [C2]

Equivalents

Españolirse la fuerza por la boca ladra pero no muerde mucho ruido y pocas nuecesperro ladrador, poco mordedor

Françaisgrande gueule

Deutschgroße Klappe und nichts dahinter

9 more languages

Ελληνικάσκύλος που γαβγίζει δεν δαγκώνει

Suomipaljon porua, vähän villoja

Bahasa Indonesiatong kosong nyaring bunyinya

Italianocane che abbaia non morde tutto fumo e niente arrosto

日本語大山鳴動して鼠一匹張り子の虎

Polskikrowa, która dużo ryczy, mało mleka daje

Portuguêscão que ladra não morde cão que late não morde

Русскийпуста́я бо́чка гро́мче греми́т

Tiếng Việtmiệng hùm gan sứa

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

All Black All Blacks all but all but dissertation all but thesis All Cannings

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