English · Idiom Candidate

siren song

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

An attractive but potentially dangerous or disastrous temptation

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

sự cám dỗ hấp dẫn nhưng có thể nguy hiểm

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: a song of the Sirens

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

Resisting the sirens ' song from the Tory wets, she said that like Ulysses, another resister, she would come safely home to harbour.

He was a man whose personal life, though occasionally exigent, never became a siren song.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “siren song” mean?

An attractive but potentially dangerous or disastrous temptation Literally: a song of the Sirens

Is “siren song” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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