Possible Clues:

• Express, perhaps, in row grand, empty threat
• Something appearing threatening but actually ineffectual
• *Its bark is worse than its bite
• Sheep in wolf's clothing?
• It has little bite
• One pretending to be powerful
• One feigning courage
• Rear pet pig unconventionally, something like a sheep in wolf's clothing
• Essay on Asian economy that's not really a threat
• Questions place of rapid economic development as supposed threat