wywoływać wilka z lasu

== Polish == === Etymology === Literally, “to call [a] wolf out of [the] woods”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɘ.vɔˈwɘ.vat͡ɕ ˈvil.ka ˈzla.su/ Syllabification: wy‧wo‧ły‧wać wil‧ka z‿la‧su === Verb === wywoływać wilka z lasu impf (perfective wywołać 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 wywołuje wilka z lasu”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “wywoływać wilka z lasu”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)