English-French translations for cry wolf

• crier au loup
  Si Copenhague n'est pas un succès total, n'allons pas crier au loup ni chercher des coupables, mais lançons un processus et un calendrier précis afin d'arriver à un résultat. If Copenhagen is not a complete success, let us not cry wolf and start naming and shaming, but let us set out a clear process and time path in order to come to a result.

Definition of cry wolf

• To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears

Examples

• The politicians would cry wolf at the slightest provocation so when the real threat appeared no one believed them.

Related words

• cryptic crossword
• two-dimensional crystallite
• Great cry and little wool
• Great cry and little wool.