hue and cry

hue and cry
(hue and cry (тж. hue-and-cry))
1) погоня; крики "держи!, лови!"; паника, тревога [этим. англо-норм. hu e cri крики, вопли]

The birds are flown... We can do nothing till we raise the hue and cry tomorrow. (Ch. Kingsley, ‘Westward Ho!’, ch. V) — Птички улетели... Мы ничего не можем сделать, пока завтра не будет поднята тревога.

The only thing now was to sit down and wait till the hue and cry had died down and the murderers thought the affair was forgotten. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Footprints in the Jungle’) — Единственное, что остается делать, - это подождать, пока уляжется шум и убийцы подумают, что их преступление забыто.

One day a big hue and cry was raised because an officer looking out of a window saw a girl in brown slacks walking along the tracks. A count was made of the entire prison population, but no one was missing. (E. Flynn, ‘The Alderson Story’, ch. VII) — Однажды надзирательница увидела из окна девушку в коричневых брюках, шагавшую вдоль железнодорожных путей. Началась ужасная паника. Сразу же произвели перекличку. Оказалось - все на месте.

2) шумный, бурный протест

When the tax increase was announced, there was a general hue and cry. (RHD) — Извещение о повышении налогов вызвало бурные протесты.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • Hue and Cry — are a pop duo formed in 1983 in Coatbridge, Scotland by the brothers Pat Kane (vocals) and Greg Kane (keyboards). They had a number of modest hits in the UK Singles Chart in the late 1980s, and early 1990s, and have released eleven albums from… …   Wikipedia

  • hue and cry — is an expression that used to mean all the people who joined in chasing a criminal or villain. Nowadays, if you do something without hue and cry, you do it discreetly and without drawing attention …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Hue and cry — Hue Hue, n. [OE. hue, huer, to hoot, shout, prob. fr. OF. hu an exclamation.] A shouting or vociferation. [1913 Webster] {Hue and cry} (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hue and cry —    Hue and cry is an expression that used to mean all the people who joined in chasing a criminal or villain. Nowadays, if you do something without hue and cry, you do it discreetly and without drawing attention.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Hue and cry —   Hue and cry is an expression that used to mean all the people who joined in chasing a criminal or villain. Nowadays, if you do something without hue and cry, you do it discreetly and without drawing attention …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • hue and cry — ► NOUN ▪ a loud clamour or public outcry. ORIGIN from an Old French legal phrase hu e cri, outcry and cry …   English terms dictionary

  • hue and cry — n [singular] written [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: hue from Old French, from huer to shout ] angry protests about something, usually from a group of people …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hue and cry — [n] public clamor brouhaha, bugle call, hullabaloo, outcry, protest, rallying cry, uproar; concepts 46,65,106,674 …   New thesaurus

  • hue and cry — the making of an outcry. In early English law, if the locals did not make an outcry and pursue and catch a felon or robber within forty days, they were made liable to the victim. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …   Law dictionary

  • hue and cry — noun singular a lot of complaints and protests from the public about something …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hue and cry — hue′ and cry′ n. 1) public clamor 2) law (formerly) the pursuit of a felon with loud outcries • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME, trans. of AF hu et cri …   From formal English to slang


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