bark is worse than their bite

Meaning

1. sb's bark is worse than their bite

   used to say that sb is not really as angry or as aggressive as they sound

In the movies · 1

• Why do I think your bark is worse than your bite?Whatever Works2009

Learn it in full scenes

• Whatever Works2009
  • Boris Breaks the Fourth Wall
  • Boris Panics and Jumps Out the Window
  • Boris Takes Melodie In

From the same entry

• be barking up the wrong tree
• why keep a dog and bark yourself