It's a very old Scottish/Irish way of saying "I bet you can't back up all that s*** you're talking."
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.
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Its' (a dog) bark is often worse than its' bite.
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"
Ace up his sleeve, All Greek to me, Apple of my eye and All bark and no bite are idioms. They begin with the letter A.
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.
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 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 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.
In my opinion it means don't say anything if you aren't going to do something about it
She says a lot more than she does, so if you are intimidated, you have no reason to be
An idiom is a phrase that has a different meaning than the literal definition of the words used. Idioms are culturally specific and often understood by native speakers of a language. Examples include "raining cats and dogs" or "kick the bucket."