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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 01:34 am
Can you help me explain "A barking dog doesn't bite"?Thank you very much!
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Reply Wed 14 Jun, 2006 05:05 am
It's an expression comparing it to people...

If a dog is barking, he's just making a lot of noise to scare someone.

Like some people, they will make a "lot of noise" trying to intimadate others, but it's all noise, no action.
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Reply Fri 23 Jun, 2006 09:39 pm
thank you !
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