hue and cry
noun
[ hjuː(ə)n(d)ˈkrʌɪ ]
• a loud clamour or public outcry.
Similar:
commotion,
outcry,
uproar,
fuss,
clamour,
racket,
storm,
ado,
stir,
furore,
ruckus,
ballyhoo,
brouhaha,
palaver,
pother,
hoo-ha,
hullabaloo,
to-do,
flap,
song and dance,
rumpus,
splash,
kerfuffle,
carry-on,
row,
stink,
bobsy-die,
Origin:
late Middle English: from the Anglo-Norman French legal phrase hu e cri, literally ‘outcry and cry’, from Old French hu ‘outcry’ (from huer ‘to shout’).
