all bark and no bite

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34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: moltes bufes i pocs trons — full of big talk
• Catalan: molta fressa i poca endreça — full of big talk
• Chinese Cantonese: 光說不做 /光说不做 (gwong1 syut3 bat1 zou6) — full of big talk
• Chinese Mandarin: 乾打雷,不下雨 /干打雷 — full of big talk
• Chinese Mandarin: 不下雨 — full of big talk
• Chinese Mandarin: 光說不做 /光说不做 (guāngshuōbùzuò) — full of big talk
• Danish: han er ikke så farlig som han ser ud — full of big talk
• Finnish: paljon porua, vähän villoja — full of big talk
• French: grande gueule — full of big talk
• German: große Klappe und nichts dahinter — full of big talk
• Greek: όλο λόγια (ólo lógia) — full of big talk
• Hebrew: כלב נובח אינו נושך — full of big talk
• Indonesian: tong kosong nyaring bunyinya — full of big talk
• Italian: tutto fumo e niente arrosto — full of big talk
• Japanese: 張り子の虎 (hariko no tora) — full of big talk
• Khmer: ឆ្កែព្រុសមិនដែលខាំ (chkaepruhmɨndaelkham) — full of big talk
• Polish: krowa, która dużo ryczy, mało mleka daje — full of big talk
• Portuguese: cão que ladra não morde — full of big talk
• Portuguese: cão que late não morde — full of big talk
• Russian: пуста́я бо́чка гро́мче греми́т (pustája bóčka grómče gremít) — full of big talk
• Slovene: peš, ki laja, ne griže — full of big talk
• Spanish: mucho ruido y pocas nueces — full of big talk
• Spanish: ladra pero no muerde — full of big talk
• Spanish: irse la fuerza por la boca — full of big talk
• Swedish: stor i orden men liten på jorden — full of big talk
• Chinese Mandarin: 刀子嘴豆腐心 (dāozi zuǐ dòufu xīn) — making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath
• Finnish: kova päältä, pehmeä sisältä — making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath
• Greek: σκυλί που γαβγίζει δεν δαγκώνει (skylí pou gavgízei den dagkónei) — making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath
• Greek: σκύλος που γαβγίζει δεν δαγκώνει (skýlos pou gavgízei den dagkónei) — making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath
• Italian: cane che abbaia non morde — making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath
• Khmer: បានតែព្រុស (baantaepruh) — making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath
• Polish: pies, który dużo szczeka, nie gryzie — making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath
• Spanish: perro ladrador, poco mordedor — making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath
• Vietnamese: chó sủa là chó không cắn — making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath