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bark worse than one's bite — {informal} Sound or speech more frightening or worse than your actions. * /The small dog barks savagely, but his bark is worse than his bite./ * /The boss sometimes talks roughly to the men, but they know that his bark is worse than his bite./ *… … Dictionary of American idioms
bark worse than one's bite — {informal} Sound or speech more frightening or worse than your actions. * /The small dog barks savagely, but his bark is worse than his bite./ * /The boss sometimes talks roughly to the men, but they know that his bark is worse than his bite./ *… … Dictionary of American idioms
bark\ worse\ than\ one's\ bite — informal Sound or speech more frightening or worse than your actions. The small dog barks savagely, but his bark is worse than his bite. The boss sometimes talks roughly to the men, but they know that his bark is worse than his bite. She was… … Словарь американских идиом
bite — [[t]ba͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ bites, biting, bit, bitten 1) VERB If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you. [V n] Both… … English dictionary
bite — bite1 S2 [baıt] v past tense bit [bıt] past participle bitten [ˈbıtn] present participle biting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(teeth)¦ 2¦(insect/snake)¦ 3¦(press hard)¦ 4¦(effect)¦ 5¦(accept)¦ 6¦(fish)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
bark — bark1 [ bark ] verb * 1. ) intransitive to make the short loud sound that a dog makes 2. ) intransitive or transitive to say or shout something in a loud angry voice: He started barking orders at me. 3. ) transitive to accidentally knock a hard… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bark */ — I UK [bɑː(r)k] / US [bɑrk] verb Word forms bark : present tense I/you/we/they bark he/she/it barks present participle barking past tense barked past participle barked 1) [intransitive] to make the short loud sound that a dog makes 2) bark or bark … English dictionary
bark — bark1 [ba:k US ba:rk] v [: Old English; Origin: beorcan] 1.) when a dog barks, it makes a short loud sound or series of sounds →↑growl bark at ▪ The dog always barks at strangers. 2.) [i]also bark out [T] to say something quickly in a loud voice … Dictionary of contemporary English
bark — 1 verb 1 (I) to make the short, loud sound that dogs and some other animals make (+ at): The dog always barks at strangers. 2 also bark out (T) to say something quickly in a loud voice: Listen up! the teacher barked. 3 bark up the wrong tree… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Bark (dog) — Barking is a noise most commonly produced by dogs. Woof is the most common representation in the English language for this sound (especially for large dogs), other than bark. Other transliterations include the onomatopoeic ruff , arf , yip (for… … Wikipedia
