Timeline for A word/phrase for something that is outwardly fearsome, but in reality is nothing to worry about
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| Jul 29, 2013 at 14:33 | vote | accept | éclairevoyant | ||
| Jul 28, 2013 at 16:34 | comment | added | Jack Ryan | Depending upon your audience you might consider the allegory of the "pale green pants." | |
| Jul 27, 2013 at 12:02 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | Your Three Mile Island example to me suggests something slightly different—something I’d perhaps rather call a storm/tempest in a teacup or even much ado about nothing. | |
| Jul 27, 2013 at 11:58 | history | edited | éclairevoyant | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 27, 2013 at 1:47 | answer | added | James Waldby - jwpat7 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 27, 2013 at 1:29 | comment | added | Amory | I think "all bark and no bite" works fine for objects. A big, nasty lookin' sword that is very dull might be described that way. Or the SEC. | |
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| Jul 27, 2013 at 0:59 | answer | added | bib | timeline score: 0 | |
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| Jul 26, 2013 at 23:59 | comment | added | ruakh | I want to say "his bark is bigger than his bite", but it doesn't work so well for things . . . | |
| Jul 26, 2013 at 23:51 | answer | added | RegDwigнt | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 26, 2013 at 23:47 | comment | added | Sven Yargs | "Paper tiger" is one such idiom. A term that often has a similar meaning is chimera. | |
| Jul 26, 2013 at 23:43 | history | asked | éclairevoyant | CC BY-SA 3.0 |