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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lynda	LIN-də	English
PËLlumb	-	Albanian
Pranav	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Brigid	['bridʒid]
Dino	DEE-no (Italian)	Italian, Croatian
Gosia	-	Polish