cry wolf (too often)

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• cry wolf — {v. phr.} To give a false alarm; warn of a danger that you know is not there. * /The general said that the candidate was just crying wolf when he said that the army was too weak to fight for the country./ (From an old story about a shepherd boy… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cry wolf — {v. phr.} To give a false alarm; warn of a danger that you know is not there. * /The general said that the candidate was just crying wolf when he said that the army was too weak to fight for the country./ (From an old story about a shepherd boy… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cry wolf — to ask for help when you do not need it, with the result that no one believes you when help is necessary. She had repeatedly rung the police for trivial reasons and perhaps she had cried wolf too often …   New idioms dictionary

• cry wolf — phrasal Etymology: so called fr. the fable of the shepherd boy who gave the alarm of “wolf” in fun : to give alarm without occasion * * * cry wolf To give a false alarm, from the story of the boy who cried ‘Wolf’ when there was none, and was not… …   Useful english dictionary

• cry wolf — to keep saying that there is a problem when there is not, with the result that people do not believe you when there really is a problem Workers in the industry have cried wolf once too often …   English dictionary

• Wolf hunting — is the practice of hunting grey wolves (Canis lupus) or other lupine animals. Wolves are mainly hunted for sport, for their skins, to protect livestock, and in some rare cases to protect humans. Wolves have been actively hunted since 12,000 to 13 …   Wikipedia

• wolf — wolf1 [ wulf ] (plural wolves [ wulvz ] ) noun count * a wild animal similar to a large dog that lives in groups the big bad wolf someone or something that is bad and causes all the problems in a situation: I get tired of being portrayed as the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Gray Wolf — Taxobox name = Gray Wolf fossil range = Late Pleistocene Recent status = LC status system = iucn3.1 trend = stable status ref =IUCN2006|assessors=Mech Boitani|year=2004|id=3746|title=Canis lupus|downloaded=2006 05 05 Database entry includes… …   Wikipedia

• When Doves Cry — Infobox Single Name = When Doves Cry Caption = U.S. 7 single Artist = Prince from Album = Purple Rain B side = 17 Days 1999 (UK 12 ) D.M.S.R. (UK 12 ) Released = 16 May, 1984 Format = 7 single 12 single Recorded = Sunset Sound, 1 March, 1984… …   Wikipedia

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary