what is the meaning of idiom cry wolf
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To raise a false alarm, to ask for assistance when you don't need it, and by extension, to exaggerate or lie. The phrase comes from the Aesop fable, “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” in which a young shepherd found it amusing to make villagers think a wolfis attacking his flock.
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call for help when it is not needed, with the effect that one is not believed when one really does need help
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to ask for assistance when u don'tneed it or to ask for false help
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