Cry Wolf Meaning & Sentence Examples

Cry Wolf Definition, Sentence Examples

CRY WOLF MEANING – Find out what cry wolf really means. Example sentences of this idiomatic expression can also be found here.

The idiom is derived from a story about a young shepherd. He kept calling the villagers and told them a wolf was attacking his sheep, but it was always a hoax. When a genuine wolf appeared, no one believed his cries, and the sheep were all attacked.

In 1692, it was adapted from one of Aesop’s tales. Aesop was a Greek storyteller who lived about the year 620 BCE. The moral is that even if a liar is stating the truth, no one believes him. Since the 1800s, it has been used to signal that a false alarm has been raised.

Cry Wolf Meaning:

to continue begging for assistance even when you don’t need it. Nobody believes you when you actually need help.
to assert that there is a problem when there is none. If a genuine problem arises, no one believes you.
to assert that something is occurring when it is not
offer a misleading warning of danger, ex. by crying for aid unduly

Here are examples of sentences that use cry wolf:

As the kids have cried wolf too often, the parents have stopped taking notice.
The little girl had cried wolf so many times that when she was really sick no one believed her.
Sarah cried wolf so often that when she really needed help the security company took their time to get to her.

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