cry wolf

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From the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf, where a little boy amuses himself by repeatedly crying "wolf" to see the panic he causes in the community, but is consequently ignored when he tries to alert them to a real wolf.

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 狼來了 /狼来了 (láng lái le) — raise a false alarm
• Czech: malovat čerta na zeď — raise a false alarm
• Danish: råbe ulven kommer — raise a false alarm
• Dutch: loos alarm slaan — raise a false alarm
• Finnish: antaa väärä hälytys — raise a false alarm
• Finnish: nostaa meteli tyhjästä — raise a false alarm
• French: crier au loup — raise a false alarm
• German: falschen Alarm schlagen — raise a false alarm
• German: falschen Alarm auslösen — raise a false alarm
• Hungarian: farkast kiált — raise a false alarm
• Italian: gridare al lupo — raise a false alarm
• Polish: podnosić fałszywy alarm — raise a false alarm
• Polish: podnieść fałszywy alarm — raise a false alarm
• Romanian: striga lupul — raise a false alarm
• Spanish: gritar ¡al lobo! — raise a false alarm
• Swedish: ropa varg — raise a false alarm
• Telugu: నాన్నా పులి (nānnā puli) — raise a false alarm