cry wolf

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears. idiomatic
    — The politicians would cry wolf at the slightest provocation so when the real threat appeared no one believed them.

词形变化

cries wolf present,singular,third-person crying wolf participle,present cried wolf participle,past cried wolf past cry “wolf” alternative

词源

From the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf, where a little boy amuses himself by repeatedly crying "wolf" to see the panic he causes in the community, but is consequently ignored when he tries to alert them to a real wolf.
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