Idiom of the Day 48. This idiom has it's origin in one of Aesop's fables, "The Boy Who Cried
Cried Wolf Meaning. Shout she cried out for help. To keep asking for help when you do not need it, with the result that people think you do.
Idiom of the Day 48. This idiom has it's origin in one of Aesop's fables, "The Boy Who Cried
See full dictionary entry for wolf most material ©. To keep asking for help when you do not need it, with the result that people think you do. To shed tears often noisily : Weep, sob the child began to cry after she. Web to give a false alarm is she really sick or is she just crying wolf? Shout she cried out for help. To raise a false alarm, to ask for assistance when you don't need it, and by extension, to exaggerate or lie.
To keep asking for help when you do not need it, with the result that people think you do. To shed tears often noisily : Shout she cried out for help. Weep, sob the child began to cry after she. To raise a false alarm, to ask for assistance when you don't need it, and by extension, to exaggerate or lie. To keep asking for help when you do not need it, with the result that people think you do. Web to give a false alarm is she really sick or is she just crying wolf? See full dictionary entry for wolf most material ©.
