barking dogs seldom bite

English

Alternative forms

a barking dog never bites, a barking dog seldom bites, barking dogs never bite

Proverb

barking dogs seldom bite

People who make threats rarely carry them out.

Related terms

Translations

people who make threats rarely carry them out

Albanian: qeni që leh, s'të ha
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Basque: zakur zaunkaria nekez hozkaria
Catalan: gos que lladra, no mossega
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刀子嘴豆腐心 (zh) (dāozi zuǐ dòufu xīn), 善吠的狗很少咬人 (shàn fèi-de gǒu hěn shǎo yǎo rén)
Czech: pes, který štěká, nekouše (cs)
Dutch: blaffende honden bijten niet
Esperanto: bojanta hundo ne mordas, ne ĉio batas, kio tondras, kiu multe parolas, ne multe faras
Finnish: haukkuva koira ei pure
French: chien qui aboie ne mord pas (fr)
German: Hunde, die bellen, beißen nicht (de)
Greek: σκύλος που γαβγίζει δεν δαγκώνει (skýlos pou gavgízei den dagkónei), σκυλί που γαβγίζει δεν δαγκώνει (skylí pou gavgízei den dagkónei)
Hungarian: amelyik kutya ugat, az nem harap (hu)
Italian: can che abbaia non morde, (rare) cane che abbaia non morde
Japanese: 弱い犬ほどよく吠る (よわいいぬほどよくほえる, yowai inu hodo yoku hoeru), 能無し犬の高吠え (のうなしいぬのたかぼえ, nōnashi inu no takaboe)
Korean: 짖는 개는 물지 않는다 (ko) (jinneun gaeneun mulji anneunda)
Latin: canis sine dentibus vehementius lātrat
Macedonian: куче што лае, не каса (kuče što lae, ne kasa)
Malay:
Jawi: انجيڠ مڽالق تق مڠݢيݢيت, هاريماو برتمڤيق تق مماکن اورڠ, هاريماو مندرم تق منڠکڤ, هاريماو مڠاءوم جارڠ منڠکڤ

Rumi: anjing menyalak tak menggigit, harimau bertempik tak memakan orang, harimau menderam tak menangkap, harimau mengaum jarang menangkap
Malayalam: കുരയ്ക്കുന്ന പട്ടി കടിക്കില്ല (kuraykkunna paṭṭi kaṭikkilla)
Polish: pies, co bardzo szczeka, nie bardzo kąsa, krowa, która dużo ryczy, mało mleka daje (pl)
Portuguese: cão que ladra não morde (pt)
Romanian: câinele care latră nu mușcă
Russian: соба́ка, кото́рая ла́ет — не куса́ет (sobáka, kotóraja lájet — ne kusájet), ла́ющая соба́ка не куса́ет (lájuščaja sobáka ne kusájet)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пас који ла̏је не гризе

Roman: pas koji laje ne grize
Slovene: pes, ki laja, ne grize
Spanish: perro ladrador, poco mordedor, perro que ladra no muerde
Swedish: skällande hund bits inte
Tagalog: ang asong kahol nang kahol ay hindi nangangagat (literally), ang asong tahol nang tahol ay hindi nangangagat
Tamil: குரைக்கும் நாய் கடிக்காது (kuraikkum nāy kaṭikkātu)
Telugu: అరిచే కుక్క కరవదు (te) (aricē kukka karavadu), మొరిగే కుక్క కరవదు (te) (morigē kukka karavadu)
Thai: หมาเห่าไม่กัด (th) (mǎa hào mâi gàt)
Turkish: havlayan köpek ısırmaz
Walloon: li tchén ki baweye ni hagne nén (wa), tchén ki hawe ni hagne nén (wa), les tchéns ki hawèt n' hagnèt nén (wa)

References

Gregory Y. Titelman (1996) “barking dogs never bite”, in Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, Random House, →ISBN, page 20

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