WoLf Idioms

1. WOLF
idioms

2. Cry Wolf
She had repeatedly
rung the police for
trivial reasons and
perhaps she had
cried wolf too
often.

3. Keep The Wolf From The Door
Forty percent of the country's
population receive part-time
wages that barely keep the
wolf from the door.

4. A Lone Wolf
The typical role for
Bogart was the
Casablanca character,
a lone wolf, cynical but
heroic.

5. A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
The financial advisor
we hired turned out to
be a wolf in sheep's
clothing who stole from
the people he
promised to help.

6. A Wolf Whistle
Wolf-whistle Someone (Br & Au)
•I was wolf-whistled by a
group of builders as I crossed
the street.
•She'll get a few wolf
whistles if she walks through
town in those shorts.

7. Wolf Down (food)
You wolfed that
down very quickly.
When was the last
time you ate?

8. Throw sb. to the Wolves
On my 1
st
day at work I was
confronted with 16 angry
passengers demanding
their money back. I felt as
if I’d been thrown to the
wolves.