crying in the wilderness

Voicing opinions or making suggestions that are not (likely to be) heeded

cry off

1. To withdraw from an agreement
2. To back out

cry on (Scot)

To call upon

cry one's eyes (or heart) out

To weep copiously or bitterly

cry out

To give a shout or shriek, eg of alarm, pain, etc

cry out for

To be in urgent or obvious need of

cry out to be (done, used, etc)

To be someone or something that very much ought to be (done, used, etc)

cry over spilt milk

To waste time in bemoaning what is irreparable

cry quits

To declare a thing even

cry stinking fish

To decry one's own goods

cry up

To praise

cry you mercy (obsolete)

I beg your pardon

for crying out loud (slang)

An expression of frustration, impatience, etc

great cry and little wool

Much ado about nothing

hue and cry see under hue²

in full cry

In full pursuit, orig used of dogs in hunt

out of cry (obsolete)

1. Beyond measure
2. Beyond dispute

within cry of

Within hearing distance

wilderness /wilˈdər-nəs/

1. A region uncultivated and uninhabited
2. A pathless, unfrequented or unexplored region
3. Such a region deliberately preserved from the inroads of tourism
4. A desolate waste of any kind, eg an extent of open sea (poetic)
5. A part of a garden or estate allowed to run wild, or cultivated in imitation of natural woodland
6. An overgrown tangle of weeds, etc
7. Conditions of life, or a place, in which the spirit feels desolate
8. The situation of being without public office or influence, or of being forgotten by the public, after playing a leading role
9. The present world
10. A large confused or confusing assemblage
11. Wildness (obsolete)

crying in the wilderness see under cry