cry wolf

Etymology
From the fable , 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.

Verb

 * 1)  To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 狼來了,
 * Czech: malovat čerta na zeď
 * Danish: råbe ulven kommer
 * Dutch: loos alarm slaan
 * Finnish: antaa väärä hälytys, nostaa meteli tyhjästä
 * French:
 * Italian: gridare al lupo
 * Polish: podnosić fałszywy alarm, podnieść fałszywy alarm
 * Romanian: striga lupul
 * Spanish: gritar ¡al lobo!
 * Swedish: ropa varg
 * Telugu: నాన్నా పులి