| Σύνθετοι Τύποι: |
| a far cry from | adj | (very different from) | διαφεροτικός, αλλιώτικος, που απέχει παρασάγγας επίθ. |
| Life in Canada is a far cry from her homeland of Haiti. |
| battle cry | n | literal (soldiers' rallying call) | πολεμική ιαχή, πολεμική κραυγή ουσ.θηλ. |
| battle cry | n | figurative (rallying slogan) μεταφορικά | σύνθημα, τσιτάτο, σλόγκαν ουσ.ουδ. |
| Note: σλόγκαν: ξενικό, άκλιτο |
| break down and cry | v | (burst into tears) | ξεσπάω σε κλάμματα ρ.αμ. |
| cry about | vtr | figurative (mourn, lament) | θρηνώ, κλαίω ρ.μετ. |
| Spilled milk is nothing to cry about. |
| cry about | vtr | literal (shed tears for) | κλαίω για ρ.αμ. |
| What on earth are you crying about? |
| cry aloud | v | (call out, shout) | φωνάζω ρ.μετ. |
| cry for | vtr | literal (shed tears for) | κλαίω για ρ.αμ. |
| Please don't cry for me. |
| cry for | vtr | (call or shout for) | φωνάζω για ρ.αμ. |
| The little boy cried for his mum when she left the room. |
| She cried for help. |
| cry out | vi | (shout, yell) | φωνάζω, κραυγάζω ρ.αμ. |
| cry out | vtr | (shout, yell) | φωνάζω ρ.μετ. |
| cry out for | vtr | literal (call aloud for) κυριολεκτικά | φωνάζω ρ.μετ. |
| When the child was scared she would cry out for her mother. |
| cry out for | vtr | figurative (be in desperate need of) μεταφορικά | χρειάζομαι απελπισμένα έκφρ. |
| cry wolf | v | figurative (tell lies, mislead others) μεταφορικά | εξαπατώ ρ.μετ. |
| When the boy cried "wolf" for the third time everybody thought it was another false alarm and nobody came to his aid. |
| cry wolf | v | figurative (warn of non-existent danger) μεταφορικά | η μετάφραση δεν είναι διαθέσιμη |
| Some people believe if we cry wolf on climate change, no one will take environmental sustainability seriously ever again. |
| far cry | n | informal, figurative (sth very unlike sth else) | η μετάφραση δεν είναι διαθέσιμη |
| Note: δεν υπάρχει αντιστοιχία |
| My new job proved to be a far cry from what I'd expected. |
| That's a far cry from a real soccer ball! |
| ready to cry | adj | (close to tears) | έτοιμος να βάλει τα κλάμματα επίθ. |
| John seemed about ready to cry after Linda called him ugly. |
| Her lower lip would always tremble whenever she was ready to cry. |
| war cry | n | literal (sth shouted in battle to rally soldiers) | πολεμική ιαχή ουσ.θηλ. |
| Hungarian warriors used to shout the war cry "Huj, Huj, Hajrá!". |
| war cry | n | figurative (slogan used to rally support) μεταφορικά | πολεμική ιαχή ουσ.θηλ. |
| 'No new taxes' became their war cry prior to the election. |
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