crier famine

kʁije famin

Definition

Definition of crier famine - Reverso French Dictionary

Verbal expression

faimexprimer sa faim ou son besoin urgent de nourriture

Les enfants affamés crient famine dans la rue.

avoir faim

pauvreté

Rare

se plaindre de manquer d'argent ou de ressources nécessaires

Rare

Il crie famine mais il vient d'acheter une voiture neuve.

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Expressions with crier

crier après

gronder quelqu'un en parlant fort pour exprimer sa colère

Papa crie après moi quand je rentre tard le soir.

crier misère

se plaindre de façon exagérée de ses difficultés d'argent

Il crie misère alors qu'il vient d'acheter une nouvelle voiture.

crier victoire

proclamer ou annoncer sa victoire de manière triomphante

Il ne faut pas crier victoire trop tôt dans cette compétition.

crier à l'aide

appeler quelqu'un en criant pour obtenir du secours

Il a crié à l'aide quand il est tombé dans le trou.

crier à l'injustice

protester vigoureusement contre une situation considérée comme inéquitable

Les manifestants crient à l'injustice face aux nouvelles mesures.

crier à tue-tête

crier très fort en utilisant toute la puissance de sa voix

Les enfants crient à tue-tête dans la cour de récréation.

Expressions with famine

salaire de famine

salaire très bas qui ne permet pas de subvenir aux besoins essentiels

Les ouvriers protestent contre ce salaire de famine inacceptable.

prix de famine

prix très bas qui ne permet pas de vivre correctement

Il travaille pour un prix de famine depuis des années.

Examples of crier famine in a sentence

Ils n’osent pas crier famine devant leurs invités.
Certains crient famine dès qu’ils manquent de confort.
Elle crie famine alors qu’elle a des économies cachées.

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English:cry hunger, cry poverty, ...
German:Hunger schreien, jammern, dass man nichts hat, ...
Italian:gridare alla fame, ...
Spanish:clamar por comida, llorar miseria, ...
Portuguese:clamar por comida, chorar miséria, ...
Chinese:喊饿, 喊穷, ...
Japanese:飢えを訴える, 貧乏を嘆く, ...
Arabic:صرخ جوعًا, تذمر من الفقر, ...
Hebrew:לִזְעֹק רָעָב, לִצְעוֹק שֶׁאֵין מַה לֶאֱכוֹל, ...
Russian:кричать о голоде, жаловаться на нехватку средств, ...
Ukrainian:волати про голод, скаржитися на бідність, ...
Catalan:cridar fam, plorar misèria, ...
Danish:sulte, klage over pengemangel, ...
Dutch:honger schreeuwen, klagen over armoede, ...
Greek:φωνάζω πως πεινάω, κλαίγομαι για φτώχεια, ...
Hungarian:éhezni, pénzhiányra panaszkodni, ...
Khmer:ស្រែកថាឃ្លាន, ត្អូញត្អែរថាខ្វះខាត, ...
Korean:배고픔을 호소하다, 궁핍하다고 불평하다, ...
Polish:wołać o chleb, narzekać na biedę, ...
Portuguese (BR):clamar por comida, chorar miséria, ...
Romanian:a striga de foame, a striga că moare de foame, ...
Swedish:ropa av hunger, klaga över att man inte har råd, ...
Thai:ร้องหิว, บ่นว่าไม่มีเงิน, ...
Turkish:açlıktan yakınmak, yoksulluktan şikayet etmek, ...
Vietnamese:kêu đói, kêu than thiếu thốn, ...

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