Dictionary definition: A BLEATING sheep loses a bite

Dictionary definition: bleating sheep loses a bite, a
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable;      250 words ...bleating sheep loses a bite, a opportunities may be lost through idle chatter; saying recorded from the late 16th century.

Article: SNL spin-off `Black Sheep' loses its way at almost ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 2, 1996 ;     563 words ..."Black Sheep," which follows in the footsteps of other movies cloned from "Saturday Night Live," is closer to "Doctor Detroit" and "It's Pat" than to "Animal House" or "Ghostbusters." Made on the cheap, with no production values, no script and two bored-looking "SNL" alumni Chris Farley and David

Dictionary definition: lose
The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs;      251 words ...lose see also a bleating sheep loses a bite ; lend your money and lose your friend ; the sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle ; a tale never loses in the telling ; you win a few, you lose a few .

Dictionary definition: sheep
The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs;      245 words ...sheep see better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep ; a bleating sheep loses a bite ; one might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb .

Dictionary definition: bite
The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs;      250 words ...bite see (noun) a bleating sheep loses a bite ; every dog is allowed one bite ; (verb) a barking dog never bites ; big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them ; dead men don't bite .

Dictionary definition: nibble
The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs;      226 words ...nibble see a bleating sheep loses a bite .

Article: Church with a death wish all of its own.(Comment)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  February 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... church. Anglican fundamentalism is alive and not very well. For there is obviously a desire a return to a priesthood of bleating sheep and congregations as biddable as counter staff in a Victorian haberdashers. How does this square with the idea that Anglicanism ...