hue and cry
noun
1- a loud clamour or public outcry叫嚣声, 公众的疾呼。
1.1
- historical a loud cry calling for the pursuit and capture of a criminal. In former English law, the cry had to be raised by the inhabitants of a hundred in which a robbery had been committed, if they were not to become liable for the damages suffered by the victim.〈史〉喊捉声, 捉拿声（追捕罪犯的叫喊声; 在以前的英国法律中, 在抢劫案发生的百户邑中, 居民们必须呼喊抓贼, 否则将对受害者遭受的损失负责）。
词源
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'）.