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:

    You shall not abuse any widow or orphan. If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry ...
    Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 22:22,23.

    And life, the flicker of men and moths and the wolf on the hill,
    Though furious for continuance, passionately feeding, passionately
    Remaking itself upon its mates, remembers deep inward
    The calm mother, the quietness of the womb and the egg,
    Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)