Choose the word or group of words which is most similar in meaning to the idioms/phrase printed in bold as used in the sentence: Farmers have cried wolf in the past but this time, agriculture is in a crisis.

Correct answer: to give false alarm

Explanation: Context: The idiom ‘cry wolf’ means to give a false alarm or to raise a warning without real reason. 1. to listen eagerly ❌ – unrelated. 2. to give false alarm ✅ – correct; exact meaning of the idiom. 3. to turn pale ❌ – unrelated. 4. to keep off starvation ❌ – not connected. Correct Sentence/Example Sentence: The villagers no longer believe him because he often cries wolf.