English / idiom
All Bark and No Bite
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Full of aggressive threats or big talk but lacking the power or courage to take real action
In context
01
Do not be frightened by the manager's loud voice; he is all bark and no bite.
02
The rival firm threatened legal action, but our attorneys proved they were all bark and no bite.
Synonyms
paper tiger,all talk no action,toothless threat
Antonyms
a real threat,dangerous,true to one's word
Collocations
prove to be all bark and no bite,sound aggressive but all bark and no bite,dismiss someone as all bark and no bite