- cries wolf
- calls for help when one doesn't need it, make false appeals for help
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
cries wolf
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wolf — [[t]w ʊlf[/t]] wolves, wolfs, wolfing, wolfed 1) N COUNT A wolf is a wild animal that looks like a large dog. 2) VERB If someone wolfs their food, they eat it all very quickly and greedily. [INFORMAL] [V n] I was back in the changing room wolfing … English dictionary
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Cry Wolf — is an expression that means raise a false alarm , derived from the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Cry Wolf may also refer to: In music: Cry Wolf (Venom), 1983 song by Venom Cry Wolf (song), 1986 song by a ha Cry Wolf (Branigan), 1987 song by Laura … Wikipedia
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