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cry wolf

/kraɪ wʊlf/
verb phrase★Intermédiaire💡 crier au loup◆idiome
informel

Faire des avertissements mensongés de façon répétée, de sorte que les interlocuteurs ne croient plus aux alertes futures.

After months of false alarms, the manager finally stopped crying wolf.

Après des mois d’alertes fausses, le directeur a finalement cessé de crier au loup.

💡

Utilisé pour critiquer quelqu’un qui perd sa crédibilité en exagérant les dangers.

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cry wolf aboutcrier au loup à propos de
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