mucho ruido y pocas nueces

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “much noise and few nuts”.

Noun

mucho ruido y pocas nueces m (uncountable)

(idiomatic) much ado about nothing; all bark and no bite, all talk and no action
Synonym: ladra pero no muerde

Further reading

“mucho ruido y pocas nueces”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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