cry for help | Idiomator

Meaning: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seecry,‎for,‎help.We heard the drowning woman'scries for helpand ran to assist.; (idiomatic)Acting outas a means of displaying asubconsciousdesire for attention or help.In her second year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was acry for help, or if she was simply misbehaving.2023February 20, Vanessa Friedman, quoting Tucker Carlson, “Don Lemon, Nikki Haley and the Lessons of a Hoodie”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:Tucker Carlson (also a jacket and tie guy) picked up on the hoo-ha on his Fox News show, calling the hoodie-jacket combination a “cry for help” and inviting Roger Stone, the disgraced former political operative and author of his own “Best and Worst dressed List,” to comment.

Examples:

EN: Now that's as funny as a cry for help.
ES: Eso es tan gracioso como un grito pidiendo ayuda.
EN: "There... an urgent cry for help came out from the icy depths Maria was still alive...!"
ES: Un grito desesperado de socorro llegaba desde las heladas profundidades... ¡María aún estaba viva...!
EN: A cry for help.
ES: como un llamado de auxilio.
EN: - There was cry for help?
ES: - ¿Hubo gritos pidiendo ayuda?
EN: But we didn't hurt him enough to make him cry for help.
ES: Pero no le hemos hecho daño como para que pidiera ayuda.
EN: You're as funny as a cry for help.
ES: Eres gracioso como el dolor de muelas...
EN: If you don't leave my room at once, I'll cry for help!
ES: ¡Si no sale de mi habitación inmediatamente, voy a pedir socorro!
EN: In an isolated place a cry for help or a single shot might very well arouse the curiosity of at least one casual witness.
ES: En un sitio aislado un grito de socorro o un tiro es fácil que atraiga la atención de un testigo accidental.
EN: Did you cry for help?
ES: ¿Tú has pedido socorro?
EN: This, of course, is a cry for help.
ES: Esto, por supuesto, es una solicitud de ayuda.
EN: Where there were rescuers nearby if you had to cry for help.
ES: Había gente cerca para rescatarla si necesitaba ayuda.
EN: "The man who rushed here at the first cry for help" "to direct the rescue operation."
ES: "El hombre que fue corriendo al rescate para dirigir la operación."
EN: But no matter, as long as she doesn't cry for help, it means "yes".
ES: Pero no importa, mientras no pida socorro significa que consiente.
EN: But she didn't cry for help.
ES: No ha pedido socorro.
EN: We're going to cry for help.
ES: A gritar para pedir ayuda.

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