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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Word Origins 32. The word origin today is to
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cry wolf. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If someone cries wolf he or
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she cries or complains about something when there is really no problem or no
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serious problem. If they do this too often this eventually results in other
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people not believing or trusting someone anymore. So they are no longer willing to
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help. Okay. Let's continue. The origin of cry wolf comes directly from an Aesop
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fable called \"The Boy Who Cried Wolf. \" According to the
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story, a boy was given the responsibility of looking after the Sheep. During the
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night the boy considered this job to be very, very boring. Okay.
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Just for fun he decided to pretend he was in danger. You know he needed some
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excitement and it's too boring Yeah. Let's see what happens if I cry wolf. Kind of
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like that. So he decided to cry out \"Wolf, wolf \" kind of like that. When the people
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heard his cries they rushed to help him. However they soon learned this was just
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a joke and they probably weren't very happy about that. The boy foolishly
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repeated this several times and finally the people stopped listening to him. Yeah.
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So when a real wolf came and the boy and the sheep were truly in danger, were
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really in danger, nobody trusted or responded to his calls anymore. So we
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hear this a lot we always tell somebody \" don't cry wolf . \" You know only call
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people when you really need them or when it's a real situation. So All right. And
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let's just look at one example we have here. If you keep yelling for help
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over such minor issues ..you know not very important issues , no one is going to want
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to help you anymore. You cannot cry wolf and expect people to
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take you seriously. Okay. Anyway so this is the real origin of it. I hope you got it.
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I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.