barking dogs seldom bite
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English [edit]
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Proverb [edit]
barking dogs seldom bite
- People who make big threats never usually carry them out.
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Translations [edit]
people who make big threats never usually carry them out
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 刀子嘴豆腐心 (cmn) (dāozi zuǐ dòufu xīn), 善吠的狗很少咬人 (cmn) (shàn fèi-de gǒu hěn shǎo yǎo rén)
- Czech: pes, který štěká, nekouše (cs)
- Dutch: Blaffende honden bijten niet (nl)
- Finnish: haukkuva koira ei pure (fi)
- French: chien qui aboie ne mord pas (fr)
- German: Hunde, die bellen, beißen nicht (de)
- Hungarian: amelyik kutya ugat, az nem harap (hu)
- Italian: can che abbaia non morde (it)
- Japanese: 弱い犬ほどよく吠る (ja) (よわいいぬほどよくほえる, yowai inu hodo yoku hoeru)
- Malay:
- Rumi: anjing menyalak tak menggigit (ms), harimau bertempik tak memakan orang (ms), harimau menderam tak menangkap (ms), harimau mengaum jarang menangkap (ms)
- Jawi: انجيڠ مڽالق تق مڠݢيݢيت (ms), هاريماو برتمڤيق تق مماکن اورڠ (ms), هاريماو مندرم تق منڠکڤ (ms), هاريماو مڠاءوم جارڠ منڠکڤ (ms)
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- Malayalam: kurakkum patti kadikkilla (ml)
- Polish: pies, co bardzo szczeka, nie bardzo kąsa (pl), krowa, która dużo ryczy, mało mleka daje (pl)
- Portuguese: cão que ladra não morde (pt)
- Russian: собака, которая лает — не кусает (ru) (sobáka, kotóraja lájet — ne kusájet), лающая собака не кусает (ru) (lájuščaja sobáka ne kusájet),
- Serbo-Croatian: pas koji laje ne grize (sh)
- Spanish: perro ladrador, poco mordedor, perro que ladra no muerde
- Telugu: అరిచే కుక్క కరవదు (te)
- Turkish: havlayan köpek ısırmaz (tr)
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References [edit]
- Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 20. (The main title is "Barking dogs never bite" but the article lists several variations.)
