Idioms containing WOLF
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CRY WOLF
to raise a false alarm or exaggerate so often that one is no longer believed
1. Every Friday, that man comes in to the police station and says he thinks he has been robbed, but when we get to his house, there is never anything missing. I think he’s just crying wolf. You can’t believe him anymore.
2. Terry regularly lied to his mother, saying that his older brother hit him on the head. Terry did it so frequently that she stopped believing him and told him that one day he would be sorry that he had cried wolf so often.
2. Terry regularly lied to his mother, saying that his older brother hit him on the head. Terry did it so frequently that she stopped believing him and told him that one day he would be sorry that he had cried wolf so often.
KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR
to have just enough money to be able to eat and live
1. As a student, he took an evening job to keep the wolf from the door.
2. I work part-time to pay the mortgage and keep the wolf from the door.
2. I work part-time to pay the mortgage and keep the wolf from the door.
LONE WOLF
a person who likes to do things on their own without other people
1. Zwicky was a lone wolf and did all of his own mathematical work.
2. I have always been a great admirer of his skill and ability, but he is a lone wolf.
2. I have always been a great admirer of his skill and ability, but he is a lone wolf.
WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
someone who presents himself as a harmless person, but who has intentions that are not honorable
1. The police have been looking for that criminal for months. He approaches people and pretends he is selling them valuable stocks that are really worthless. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
2. John is such a good-looking young man, women are attracted to him quickly. It’s easy to see why people who don’t know him think he is probably a wolf in sheep’s clothing, when he is really a gentleman.
2. John is such a good-looking young man, women are attracted to him quickly. It’s easy to see why people who don’t know him think he is probably a wolf in sheep’s clothing, when he is really a gentleman.
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