Big Bad Wolf

Cultural  

1. The wicked but ineffectual enemy of the three pigs, who threatens each of them in turn by saying, “I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down!” In some versions of the story, the wolf eats two of the pigs.

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Example Sentences

If the Three Little Pigs had built their house out of their own poop, the Big Bad Wolf probably would have huffed and puffed somewhere else.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

This is like the Big Bad Wolf telling the first little pig that it wanted to strengthen his straw house.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2021

As the fairy tale goes, the Big Bad Wolf huffed and puffed before trying to blow down each of the three little pigs’ homes.

From Washington Times • Mar. 15, 2021

Albee substituted the words "Big Bad Wolf" with the name of the renowned English author Virginia Woolf.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2020

Mr. Flux grinned, his mouth packed with too many teeth, like the Big Bad Wolf.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles