(one's) bark is worse than (one's) bite

One's actions will not be nearly as severe as his or her words imply. Don't worry about John's threats. His bark is worse than his bite.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Petar	-	Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Roshanak	-	Persian, Ancient Persian
Hailee	HAY-lee	English (Modern)
Albina	ahl-BEE-nah (Russian, Italian, Polish)	Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Polish, German, Lithuanian, Ancient Roman
Khayri	-	Arabic
CaoimhÍN	KEE-veen, KWEE-vin	Irish