Question

Bark Is Worse than Your Bite the way a person sounds is much more frightening than the way she or he acts; the threat is often worse than the action taken

Accepted Answer

The new director yells a lot, but her bark is worse than her bite. This expression was used as far back as the mid-1600s. A dog barking ferociously sounds like he could actually bite your head off. But if the dog does not hurt you, then his "bark is worse than his bite."

Idiom	Bark Is Worse than Your Bite
Example	The new director yells a lot, but her bark is worse than her bite.
Meaning	the way a person sounds is much more frightening than the way she or he acts; the threat is often worse than the action taken
Origin	This expression was used as far back as the mid-1600s. A dog barking ferociously sounds like he could actually bite your head off. But if the dog does not hurt you, then his "bark is worse than his bite."

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