| 词汇 | false alarm |
| 释义 | Idiom false alarm a situation when you think that something bad or dangerous is going to happen but you discover you were wrong.Someone called to say there was a bomb inside the building, but it turned out to be a false alarm. false alarm noun the arm. Rhyming slang, always used in its full form to avoid confusion with 'falses' and FALSIES (breast enhancements) UK, 1992false alarmA benign situation initially mistaken for an emergency. Mary thought she was going into labor, but it turned out to be a false alarm. When the smoke detectors started beeping, we thought the building was on fire, but it was just a false alarm caused by faulty wiring. false alarmA warning signal that is groundless, made either by mistake or as a deliberate deception. For example, The rumor that we were all going to get fired was just a false alarm, or Setting off a false alarm is a criminal offense. This expression, first recorded in 1579, today is often used for a report of a nonexistent fire. a false aˈlarma warning of something, especially something unpleasant or dangerous, which does not in fact happen: They thought the packet contained a bomb but it was a false alarm. |
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