Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Crying wolf

To ask for help when you don’t need it

The most appropriate meaning of the given idiom "Crying wolf" is  To ask for help when you don't need it.

The other options do not fit the meaning of the idiom.

• To be in pain by getting hit by something is not crying wolf.
• To frighten someone in your comfort zone is not crying wolf.
• To cry over little things that don't matter is not crying wolf.

The idiom "crying wolf" comes from a fable about a shepherd boy who repeatedly cried out that a wolf was attacking his flock, but when there was actually a wolf, no one believed him and the flock was attacked. The idiom is now used to describe someone who repeatedly asks for help or attention, but when they really need it, no one believes them.