| 释义 |
Idiom a 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.
idioma false alarmwarn something that makes you think that something bad or difficult is going to happen, when it does not happen:I thought I was pregnant last month, but it was a false alarm.The families of the hostages had had too many false alarms to believe the news that they had actually been freed.
false 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. a false aˈlarm a 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. |