CRY WOLF

Meaning of CRY WOLF in English

to call for help when you do not need it, with the result that when you do need it people do not believe you

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

CRY WOLF — phrasal to give alarm unnecessarily
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CRY WOLF — phrasal Etymology: so called fr. the fable of the shepherd boy who gave the alarm of “wolf” in fun : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRY WOLF — call for help when one doesn't need it, declare a false emergency
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CRY "WOLF" — call for help when one doesn't need it, declare a false emergency
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CRY WOLF — : to give alarm unnecessarily
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRY WOLF — to give alarm unnecessarily
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CRY WOLF — raise repeated false alarms, so that a real cry for help is ignored. [with allusion to the fable of the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CRY WOLF — {v. phr.} To give a false alarm; warn of a danger that you know is not there. * /The general …
Slang English vocab
CRY WOLF — {v. phr.} To give a false alarm; warn of a danger that you know is not there. * /The general …
Словарь английских идиом
CRY WOLF — give a false alarm, warn of a danger that is not there He is crying wolf. There is no real …
English Idioms vocab
CRY WOLF — v. phr. To give a false alarm; warn of a danger that you know is not there. The general said …
American Idioms English vocabulary
CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRY WOLF — Волк-одиночка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WOLF — I Any of three extant species of canine . The gray, or timber, wolf ( Canis lupus ) is the …
Английский словарь Британика
WOLF — I. ˈwu̇lf noun ( plural wolves -lvz ; see sense 1 ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRY — I. ˈkrī verb ( cried ; cried ; crying ; cries ) Etymology: Middle English crien, from Old French crier, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WOLF — — wolflike , adj. /woolf/ , n. , pl. wolves /woolvz/ , v. n. 1. any of several large carnivorous …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRY — /kruy/ , v. , cried, crying , n. , pl. cries . v.i. 1. to utter inarticulate sounds, esp. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WOLF — I. ˈwu̇lf noun ( plural wolves ˈwu̇lvz) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wulf; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRY — I. ˈkrī verb ( cried ; cry·ing ) Etymology: Middle English crien, from Anglo-French crier, from Latin quiritare to make …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WOLF — adj a willying machine. 2. wolf ·adj an eating ulcer or sore. ·cf. lupus. 3. wolf ·adj a white worm, …
Webster English vocab
CRY — vi a pack of hounds. 2. cry ·vi common report; fame. 3. cry ·vi importunate supplication. 4. cry ·vi outcry; …
Webster English vocab
WOLF — [wolf] n, pl wolves often attrib [ME, fr. OE wulf; akin to OHG wolf wolf, L lupus, Gk lykos] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CRY — [cry] vb cried ; cry.ing [ME crien, fr. OF crier, fr. L quiritare to make a public outcry, perh. fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WOLF — Gray wolf (Canis lupus). either of two species of wild doglike carnivores of the family Canidae. The gray, or timber, …
Britannica English vocabulary
WOLF — / wʊlf; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. wolves / wʊlvz; NAmE /) a large wild animal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRY — / kraɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( cries , cry·ing , cried , cried ) 1. cry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOLF — I. wolf 1 /wʊlf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural wolves /wʊlvz/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wulf ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRY — I. cry 1 S2 W2 /kraɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle cried , present participle crying …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WOLF — n. & v. --n. (pl. wolves) 1 a wild flesh-eating tawny-grey mammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRY — v. & n. --v. (cries, cried) 1 intr. (often foll. by out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WOLF — n. & v. n. (pl. wolves) 1 a wild flesh-eating tawny-grey mammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRY — v. & n. v. (cries, cried) 1 intr. (often foll. by out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WOLF — n. & v. --n. (pl. wolves) 1. a wild flesh-eating tawny-grey mammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying …
Oxford English vocab
CRY — v. & n. --v. (cries, cried) 1. intr. (often foll. by out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. to …
Oxford English vocab
WOLF — ( wolves, wolfs, wolfing, wolfed) 1. A wolf is a wild animal that looks like a large dog. N-COUNT 2. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRY — ( cries, crying, cried) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOLF — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES wolf whistle COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE bad ▪ As shadows start to threaten …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cry/howl/bellow etc of rage ▪ She remembered his cries of rage as he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WOLF — n. dire wolf Sacks Oliver Wolf Tasmanian wolf wolf spider Wolf Christa Wolf Hugo Filipp Jakob
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WOLF — n. Any of three extant species of canine . The gray, or timber, wolf ( Canis lupus ) is the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WOLF
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY — n. battle cry cry down cry off cry out cry up rallying cry war cry
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CRY — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: BATTLE CRY , motto, rallying cry, war cry Related Words: slogan 2 Synonyms: REPORT 1, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CRY — I. verb 1. Synonyms: call 1, hallo, holler, hollo, shout, vociferate, yell Related Word: bleat 2. to show distress, grief, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY — I. noun 1 shout/loud noise ADJECTIVE ▪ great , loud ▪ faint , little , low , small , soft …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CRY — See ↑ CRY 1, ↑ SHOUT 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a shoulder to cry on • ↑ don't cry • …
Longman Activator English vocab
CRY — INDEX: 1. to cry 2. to start to cry 3. almost crying 4. to make someone cry 5. to stop …
Longman Activator English vocab
WOLF — n. 25B6; noun . See list. 25B6; verb DEVOUR, gobble (up), guzzle, gulp down, bolt; informal put away, demolish, shovel …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WOLF — There can be little doubt that the wolf of Palestine is the common Canis lupus, and that this is the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
CRY — verb 1 BAD : The children got very excited and began to cry. GOOD : The children got very excited …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WOLF
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRY — 1. сущ. 1) а) крик, вопль Hearing the loud cry of "a man overboard" ≈ Слыша громкий крик "человек за …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WOLF — wolf.ogg 1. wʋlf n ( pl wolves) 1. 1> зоол. волк ( Canis lupus ) 2> волчий мех 2. жестокий, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CRY — cry.ogg 1. kraı n 1. крик to give a cry - закричать 2. вопль, мольба to be deaf to smb.'s …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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