Quote Originally Posted by Misha Tal
Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
9. Dumb dogs are dangerous - Глупые собаки опасны (literal translation). I think there's a directly opposite Russian proverb "A dog that barks do not bites".
Well, my native language is neither English nor Russian, but I'm sure I've seen an English version of this proverb somewhere. It's: "Barking dogs, seldom bite."
What's the Russian version? And who copied who?
of a person: "his bark is worse than his bite" (i.e. he may seem intimidating, but he is nothing to be afraid of). A synonymous phrase would be "he's all mouth" (British English, typically with a cockney accent... "HE'S AWL MAAAUFFF")