Question
The difficulty is trying to spot something big before
it becomes a problem but not crying bee too often. In each question below, a sentence is given with an idiom/phrase printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by four alternatives. Find out which option should replace the phrase/idiom given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark 5) as the answer.Solution
The correct expression is ‘crying wolf’. To cry wolf means to keep asking for help when you do not need it, with the result that people think you do not need help when you really need it. The difficulty is trying to spot something big before it becomes a problem but not crying wolf too often.
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