crier famine

French

Etymology

Literally, “to yell "starvation!"”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁi.je fa.min/

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Verb

crier famine

1. (figuratively, of a stomach) to rumble, to poor-mouth, to cry poor, to cry poverty, to plead poverty

   Mon estomac crie famine. ― My stomach thinks my throat has been cut.

See also

• crier misère
• crier vengeance