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cry wolf

Kenith

Australia

hello

1) what’s “stop crying wolf!”? is this common?

2) what’s “take this without a grain of salt…”?

Thanks a lot
Kenith

02:27 AM Dec 30 2003 |

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marylyndevlin

United States

there is a story of a boy who “cried wolf”. He was playing tricks to scare people.

the expression I know is “with a grain of salt”> It means don’t believe everything you hear.

06:16 PM Jan 01 2004 |