His bark is worse than his bite.

他是刀子嘴，豆腐心。

讲解

这个句子其实和动物有关，bark，是指“狗的叫声，狗叫”，比如这只狗在对我叫，The dog is barking at me. 叫完之后还咬了我一口，这个咬，就是 bite, The dog gave me a bite. 那这个句子，The bark is worse than his bite. 字面意思是，“叫声比咬了一口更糟糕”，那其实就是指，只是叫一叫，并不是真的咬了，就是我们常说的“刀子嘴，豆腐心”。别看 Max 很凶，他其实很温柔，我们就可以说：His bark is worse than his bite.

发音

这两个单词注意读音，bark, 不要读成“巴克，巴克”，元音是 ar, bark, bite 双元音 ai, bite, bite, the bark is worse than the bite.

[color=rgb(74, 75, 76)&quot]重点拓展

我们一起来学习一下其他和 bark 有关的英文表达吧：
bark at狗朝着（对着）某人叫，对…叫

• Dogs always bark at strangers.

  狗总是对着陌生人吠。

  
  

• I didn't mean to bark at you.

  我不是有意吼你。

  
  
  

bark up the wrong tree某人说话严厉，但并无恶意

• Mr.A may bark up the wrong tree if he thinks he can fool her.

  如果 A 先生认为可以愚弄她的话，那他就认错人了。

  
  

• If you wanna borrow money from me, you bark up the wrong tree.

  如果你要想找我借钱，你找错了对象。

  
  
  

tree bark树皮，树皮绉，剥树皮

• Running our of grain, the army had to live on wild fruit and tree bark.

  部队断了粮，只能靠野果和树皮充饥。

  
  

• The paper was made from maple tree bark.

  纸张是由枫树的树皮制成的。

  
  

翻译

She can be a bit tetchy but her barkis worse than her bite.