OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 46019

all bark and no bite

Meanings (ES + gloss)
irse la fuerza por la boca • ladra pero no muerde • mucho ruido y pocas nueces
Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
perro ladrador, poco mordedor
Often making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath.
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