Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A cry in the wilderness

A useless cry

The correct answer is OPTION 3- A useless cry

• The idiom "a cry in the wilderness" means a warning, complaint, or appeal that is ignored or not listened to — as if shouting into an empty wilderness where no one hears you.

• It refers to a useless or unheard cry, with no effect.

The other options for the meaning of the idiom are not accurate. To reach a crisis means to come to a point of great difficulty or danger. To be ruined means to be brought to financial or moral ruin. To decide the matter means to reach a conclusion or settlement on a matter.