all bark and no bite

== English == === Alternative forms === all bark but no bite, all bark no bite === Pronunciation === === Adjective === all bark and no bite (not comparable) (idiomatic) Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious. (idiomatic) Often making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath. (idiomatic) Aggressive but never combative. 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.1, at p.28: The phrase "all bark, no bite" could have been coined for our mutts; couple of wimps, those two. ==== Translations ==== === See also ===