Question

read the source of the allusion. in the fable \the boy who cried wolf,\ a shepherd boy repeatedly tricks people in his village by falsely claiming that a wolf is coming to eat his flock. when a wolf actually comes and the boy cries for help, nobody believes him or comes to his aid. what is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? mabel warned her youngest son not to cry wolf while wrestling with his older brother. to raise a false alarm to make howling sounds to play roughly

Explanation:

The fable shows a boy falsely claims a wolf is coming. In the given sentence, "cry wolf" is used in the same sense as in the fable, meaning to raise a false alarm.

Answer:

to raise a false alarm