parrot cry

English

From the tendency of parrots to repeat words they have heard.

parrot cry (plural parrot cries)

A shout which is mindlessly or mechanically repeated.
- 2001, Roy Hattersley, The Guardian, 6 Aug 2001:
  Michael Portillo as shadow chancellor will immediately leap up with the parrot-cry: "Labour always increases taxes and often invents new ones".
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 265:
  Parrot cries for silence on delicate political issues sounded increasingly archaic – and were quite unable to stem the rising tide of parlementary critique.

单词	parrot cry
释义	parrot cry English Etymology From the tendency of parrots to repeat words they have heard. Noun parrot cry (plural parrot cries) A shout which is mindlessly or mechanically repeated. 2001, Roy Hattersley, The Guardian, 6 Aug 2001: Michael Portillo as shadow chancellor will immediately leap up with the parrot-cry: "Labour always increases taxes and often invents new ones". 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 265: Parrot cries for silence on delicate political issues sounded increasingly archaic – and were quite unable to stem the rising tide of parlementary critique.
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