| 单词 | his bark is worse than his bite |
| 释义 | > as lemmashis bark is worse than his bite b. contrasted with bite, esp. in his bark is worse than his bite: his angry words, threats, etc., are worse than the actual performance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > angry speech misword?c1225 hard words1583 storm1602 bark1663 warmth1710 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] > verbal threatening > threatening language bark1663 1663 W. Sharp in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1884) I. 131 It..is intended that that letter shall be a great bark if not a byt. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vii. 186 ‘Monkbarns's bark,’ said Miss Griselda Oldbuck..‘is muckle waur than his bite.’ 1842 T. De Quincey Cicero in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 2/2 The bark of electioneering mobs is worse than their bite. < as lemmas |
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