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bark is worse than one's bite, one's
bark is worse than one's bite, one's
bark is worse than one's bite, one's
A person seems more hostile or aggressive than is the case, as in
Dad sounds very grouchy in the morning, but his bark's worse than his bite
. This phrase was a proverb by the mid-1600s.
See also:
bark
,
worse
Common Names:
Name
Gender
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Usage
DĂNuȚ
də-NOOTS
Romanian
Loviisa
LO-vee:-sah
Finnish
Adelina
ah-de-LEE-nah
(Italian)
, ah-dhe-LEE-nah
(Spanish)
Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, German, Bulgarian, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Newman
['nju:mən]
Agneta
ahng-NE-tah
Swedish
Murchadh
-
Irish, Scottish
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