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
Tatyanna	ta-TYAN-ə	English (Modern)
Digby	DIG-bee	English (Rare)
Manfred	MAHN-fret (German, Polish), MAHN-frət (Dutch)	German, Dutch, Polish
Arn&Thorn;ÓR	-	Icelandic
Catina	-	Romanian
Marcelle	-	French