The
saying “Cry wolf” is an English
idiom simply meaning to raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an
imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears. A
brief translation of this idiom would be “to call for help when you don’t need
it”.
For Example:
“The
politicians would cry wolf at the
slightest provocation so when the real threat appeared no one believed them.”
This is the Idiom #43 in the List of 100 commonly used Idioms in everyday English (Top 100 famous Idioms). By introducing this list of notable idioms to English learners and ESL students, we believe that your English will sound more like a native and you can easily understand what native speakers are saying.
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