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Discover LudwigThe phrase "crying wolf" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe someone who repeatedly makes false alarms or warnings about something and is not taken seriously when the real situation arises. For example: "John has a history of crying wolf about emergencies, so when he said the house was on fire, no one believed him."
Idiom
Cry wolf.
Intentionally raise a false alarm.
Dictionary
crying wolf
verb
Present participle of cry wolf
Exact(59)
IDAHO is crying wolf.
"It's like crying wolf.
That's just crying wolf.
"I'm not crying wolf.
Who's crying wolf?
"They aren't crying wolf.
Have you been crying wolf?
Maybe he was crying wolf.
"This is not crying wolf," he said.
"People were crying wolf," Mr. Augstburger said.
Pollack, then, is not just crying wolf.
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