wywołać wilka z lasu

== Polish == === Etymology === Literally, “to call [a] wolf out of [the] woods”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɘˈvɔ.wat͡ɕ ˈvil.ka ˈzla.su/ Syllabification: wy‧wo‧łać wil‧ka z‿la‧su === Verb === wywołać wilka z lasu pf (imperfective wywoływać wilka z lasu) (intransitive, idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) to make something that was previously feared happen by saying it out loud or thinking about it ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “ktoś wywołał wilka z lasu”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “wywołać wilka z lasu”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)