Cry Wolf

Cry wolf is an expression that means "raise a false alarm", derived from the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

Cry Wolf may also refer to:

In music:

  • "Cry Wolf" (Venom), 1983 song by Venom
  • "Cry Wolf" (song), 1986 song by a-ha
  • "Cry Wolf" (Branigan), 1987 song by Laura Branigan later covered by Stevie Nicks
  • "Cry Wolf" (Geronimo), 1994 song by Lisa Germano
  • Cry Wolf (band), heavy metal band

In film and television:

  • Cry Wolf (1947 film), mystery film starring Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck
  • Cry Wolf (2005 film), murder mystery film starring Julian Morris and Lindy Booth
  • "Cry Wolf" (Thunderbirds episode), an episode of the television series Thunderbirds
  • "Columbo Cries Wolf", an episode of the television series Columbo

In literature

  • Cry Wolf (novel) – a 1993 novel by Tami Hoag

Famous quotes containing the words cry and/or wolf:

    “Oh Gull of my childhood,
    cry over my window over and over, take me back,
    oh harbors of oil and cunners, teach me to laugh
    and cry again that way that was the good bargain
    of youth....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Our ancestors were savages. The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every state which has risen to eminence have drawn their nourishment and vigor from a similar wild source. It was because the children of the Empire were not suckled by the wolf that they were conquered and displaced by the children of the northern forests who were.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)