英语词汇“cry wolf”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cry wolf

Call for help when it is not needed, with the effect that one is not believed when one really does need help: he accused her of crying wolf...

The saying ‘If you cry wolf too many times, eventually no-one will believe you’ springs to mind.
If our weather forecasters cry wolf again, we're just not going to believe them next time are we?
It's like the little boy that cried wolf, but you have to believe that sooner or later it will happen again.

With allusion to the fable of the shepherd boy who deluded people with false cries of ‘Wolf!’

See parent entry: wolf

单词	cry wolf
释义	cry wolf Call for help when it is not needed, with the effect that one is not believed when one really does need help: he accused her of crying wolf... The saying ‘If you cry wolf too many times, eventually no-one will believe you’ springs to mind. If our weather forecasters cry wolf again, we're just not going to believe them next time are we? It's like the little boy that cried wolf, but you have to believe that sooner or later it will happen again. With allusion to the fable of the shepherd boy who deluded people with false cries of ‘Wolf!’ See parent entry: wolf
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