Your words are worse(i.e. stronger) than your action, that the person talks tougher than he really is , that a person never carries out the threats that he makes.
It means she yells and screams but isn't much of a danger.
She says a lot more than she does, so if you are intimidated, you have no reason to be
The noun 'bite' is a concrete noun, a word for a physical action or a physical thing. However, the noun 'bite' can be used in an abstract context, for example, "His bark is worse than his bite.", and to quote McGruff the Crime Dog, "Help take a bite out of crime!"
Worse is a comparison term that means not as good as or lesser than. If Sue did worse than Rob on the test, we know that Sue got a lower score.
"worse"
Worse than is perfectly acceptable; there's no single word to say worse than. Example: Her housekeeping is worse than mine. Her housekeeping is more terrible than mine. This weather is worse than expected. This weather is more miserable than expected. Or someone offered: the dreaded
Its' (a dog) bark is often worse than its' bite.
This is not an idiom. The idiom is "her BARK is worse than her bite" which is a dog reference meaning that she and the dog make a lot of noise but aren't really dangerous. This sentence seems to mean that she has an injured shoulder which is worse than a bite that she also has.
On first meeting he appear to be a very stern indeed miserable old man. However, those that new him well all stated that, "his bark was worse than his bite"
Nothing.It is "Her BARK is worse than her bite." This refers to a dog, saying that they may have a scary bark, but they don't actually bite people. For a person, this would refer to someone with a sharp tongue but who doesn't actually resort to violence or other severe punishment.
In referring to an actual dog, if it is barking, that's as mean as it gets, it won't bite. When applied to a person, if someone is talking tough, they can't back it up with action.
For example: My dog loves to bark at the mailman. The rabbits had stripped the bark from all around the base of the new tree. The canoe was made of birch bark and pine pitch. His bark was worse than his bite.
It means that their bark is bigger than their bite. they bark all the time but there is a low chance of them ever going to bite you. Like when a dog barks at the door, it does not mean that they are going to bite whoever walks in, they are just barking.
words are more powerful than pain
It can mean someone is very threatening, but don't carry out their threats. They may seem very intimidating, but they are not as bad as they seem. So as they are just threatening and won't carry out their threat, then there is not much to worry about.
It's a very old Scottish/Irish way of saying "I bet you can't back up all that s*** you're talking."
It can mean someone is very threatening, but don't carry out their threats. They may seem very intimidating, but they are not as bad as they seem. So as they are just threatening and won't carry out their threat, then there is not much to worry about.
i dont think so because a moray has a bite as strong as a hyena and they have stronger bite force than barracudas