The louder the thunder, the less the rain

Meaning: The most dramatic announcements often yield the least substance.

Origin: Urdu proverb widely used across South Asian cultures, also found in Italian folk tradition.

Translations

French: Plus le tonnerre gronde, moins il pleut (literally: The louder the thunder, the less the rain)
Spanish: Mucho trueno, poco aguacero (literally: Much thunder, little downpour)
Japanese: 鳴り響く雷は雨が少ない (Naribiku kaminari wa ame ga sukunai) (literally: A booming thunder has little rain)

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