What is "cry wolf"

vb. (context idiomatic English) To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears.

Cry Wolf (stylized as Cry_Wolf) is a 2005 American horror/ slasher murder mystery directed by Jeff Wadlow after he won $1,000,000 at the 2002 Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival.

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

Cry Wolf may also refer to:

In music:

• "Cry Wolf" (A-ha song), 1986 song
• "Cry Wolf" (Laura Branigan song), 1987 song later covered by Stevie Nicks
• "Cry Wolf" (Venom song), 1983 song on At War with Satan
• "Cry Wolf" (Lisa Geronimo song), 1994 song on Geek the Girl
• Cry Wolf (band), heavy metal band

In film and television:

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

In literature

• Cry Wolf (novel), a 1976 novel by Wilbur Smith

In video games

• "Cry Wolf", the last episode of the game The Wolf Among Us

"Cry Wolf" is a song by Norwegian band A-ha. It was the second single from their 1986 Scoundrel Days album.

The lyrics "Night I left the city I dreamt of a Wolf..." are credited to Lauren Savoy whom the band's guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy later married.

It was the most successful single from the Scoundrel Days album in the U.S., where it peaked at #14 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts and went to #50 on the Billboard Hot 100, though it would be the band's last entry on that chart. The single reached the Top 40 in various other countries, including Top 5 chartings in the UK, Poland and Ireland, and #2 in Norway. It was certified Silver in the UK on 1 January 1987.

Cry Wolf is a rock band formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid-1980s. Originally named Heroes, the band consisted of Tim Hall (vocals), Steve McKnight (guitar), Phil Deckard (bass), John Freixas (drums) and JC Crampton (Keyboards).

Originally formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid ‘80s before relocating to Southern California, Cry Wolf has been described as “much a part of the LA rock scene as Poison, Mötley Crüe and LA Guns, but they only managed one album, 'Crunch', released in 1990. This was a harder, darker affair than the products of their peer group and categorically distanced them from hair and glam rock.”

Twenty years later, Cry Wolf has returned with their highly anticipated new CD ‘Twenty Ten‘. “This is modern melodic rock“, states Brian McGowan (Revelationz.net), “Edgier, grittier, more challenging than its eighties' predecessor. A generation later, 'Twenty Ten' is a natural progression from 'Crunch'. We've all grown up and so has the music.”

First album by glam rock band Cry Wolf. Released only in Japan.

Cry Wolf is a 1947 mystery film directed by Peter Godfrey and featuring Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck, based on the novel of the same name by Marjorie Carleton.

Cry Wolf is a novel by Wilbur Smith set during the 1935 Italian invasion of Ethiopia.

"Cry Wolf" is a song originally recorded by American pop singer Laura Branigan, released as the third single from her 1987 album Touch. It was written by singer-songwriter Jude Johnstone who later recorded the song herself for her 2002 debut album. Stevie Nicks recorded a cover in 1989 for The Other Side of the Mirror.