의미: bark

bark¹ vi.

1 <개·여우 등이> 짖다
▶ 《bark+전+명》 The dog barked at the beggar. 개가 거지에게 짖어댔다.
[유의어] bark 「개 등이 짖다」의 일반적인 말 howl 소리를 높여 길게 뽑으며 짖다 whine 낑낑거리다 yelp, yap 캥캥 짖어대다 growl 성내어 으르렁거리다 snarl¹ 이빨을 드러내고 으르렁거리다 bay³ 사냥개가 짐승을 뒤쫓으며 짖어대다

2 짖는 듯한 소리를 내다; <총·대포가> 꽝 울리다

3 크게 야단치다, 고함치다 《at》

4 《미·구어》 (흥행장·상점 등에서) 호객하다

5 《미·구어》 기침하다(cough)
━ vt. 소리지르며 말하다[선전하다]
▶ 《bark+목+전+명》 He barked orders into the telephone for food. 그는 전화통에 대고 소리질러 먹을 것을 주문했다.
▶ 《bark+목+부》 He barked out his order. 그는 고함소리로 명령했다.
bark at[against] the moon 달 보고 짖다; 쓸데없이 떠들어대다
bark away[back] 짖어서 쫓아버리다
bark up the wrong tree 《구어》 헛다리짚다, 엉뚱한 사람을 추적[공격]하다
━ n. 짖는 소리; 기침 소리; 총성, 포성; 호통, 명령
give a bark 짖다
His bark is worse than his bite. 그의 본성은 입만큼 고약하지는 않다.

bark 관용구

bark is worse than his bite

"he sounds angry but he is not; do not be afraid of him" Baxter sounds mad, but his bark is worse than his bite.

bark is worse than one

someone isn

bark up the wrong tree

make a wrong assumption about something The police are barking up the wrong tree in their investigation of that person.

barking

insane; short for barking mad

embark on

1．go aboard（a shiP，an airplane，etc．）上（船、飞机等）
He embarked on a ship for America yesterday evening.他昨天晚上乘船去了美国。
2．engage in着手；从事
The city has embarked on a program of reshaping its streets and roads．这个城市已着手进行将街道和公路重新规划的项目。
They are embarking on the policy of economic development．他们正在执行发展经济的政策。
Having embarked on this course，they had to stick to it．他们既然已经走上了这条路，只好走到底。

One's bark is worse than one's bite

Idiom(s): One's bark is worse than one's bite

Theme: THREATENING

A proverb meaning that one may threaten, but not do much damage.
• Don't worry about Bob. He won't hurt you. His bark is worse than his bite.
• She may scream and yell, but have no fear. Her bark is worse than her bite.

Dogs of the same street bark alike.

People from the same background have the same behaviour.

Don't bark if you can't bite.

Don't complain if you can't enforce your point of view.

All bark and no bite

When someone talks tough but really isn't, they are all bark and no bite.

Bark is worse than their bite

Someone who's bark is worse than their bite may well get angry and shout, but doesn't take action.

Barking up the wrong tree

If you are barking up the wrong tree, it means that you have completely misunderstood something or are totally wrong.

Barkus is willing

This idiom means that someone is willing to get married.

Don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the

If you don't know what to do, you don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon.

My dogs are barking

(USA) When someone says this, they mean that their feet are hurting.

Their bark is worse than their bite

If someone's bark is worse than their bite, they get angry and shout and make threats, but don't actually do anything.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's no need to do something yourself when you have somebody to do it for you, usually trivial matters.

You do not get a dog and bark yourself

(UK) If there is someone in a lower position who can or should do a task, then you shouldn't do it.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

People who talk a lot or threaten may not be actually harmful.

bark up the wrong tree|bark|tree|wrong tree

v. phr., informal To choose the wrong person to deal with or the wrong course of action; mistake an aim. If he thinks he can fool me, he is barking up the wrong tree. He is barking up the wrong tree when he blames his troubles on bad luck. The police were looking for a tall thin man, but were barking up the wrong tree; the thief was short and fat.

bark worse than one's bite|bark|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 always scolding her children, but they knew her bark was worse than her bite.

bark

bark
In addition to the idioms beginning with bark, also see talk someone's arm off.
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- bark is worse than one's bite, one's
- bark up the wrong tree

bark is worse than one's bite, one's

bark is worse than one's bite, one's
A person seems more hostile or aggressive than is the case, as in Dad sounds very grouchy in the morning, but his bark's worse than his bite. This phrase was a proverb by the mid-1600s.