Each of the following sentences contains an idiomatic expression. From the given options select the one that correctly expresses the meaning of the idiom.<\/p>\n
1. To eat humble pie is<\/strong><\/p>\n to apologize humbly<\/p>\n to retract your words<\/p>\n to come to a compromise with somebody<\/p>\n 2. To meet trouble halfway is<\/strong><\/p>\n to worry about it before it comes<\/p>\n to deal with a situation effectively<\/p>\n to fail to deal with a situation<\/p>\n 3. If someone is not worth their salt, they are<\/strong><\/p>\n quite worthless<\/p>\n quite foolish<\/p>\n quite rude<\/p>\n 4. To win your spurs is<\/strong><\/p>\n to become less powerful<\/p>\n to earn reputation<\/p>\n to take a resolute stand<\/p>\n 5. To take exception to your remark is<\/strong><\/p>\n to recommend it<\/p>\n to object to it<\/p>\n to take revenge<\/p>\n 6. To put a spoke in somebody\u2019s wheel is<\/strong><\/p>\n to help them in the execution of their plans<\/p>\n to thwart them in the execution of their plans<\/p>\n to deceive them<\/p>\n 7. If something happens in the nick of time, it happens<\/strong><\/p>\n at the right moment<\/p>\n at the last moment<\/p>\n at an earlier date<\/p>\n 8. To put your oar in is<\/strong><\/p>\n to join a conversation<\/p>\n to offer your opinion when you are not expected to do so<\/p>\n to boast about your achievements<\/p>\n to ignore another person<\/p>\n 9. To sing the blues is<\/strong><\/p>\n to complain<\/p>\n to praise<\/p>\n to read aloud<\/p>\n to shout<\/p>\n 10. To jump in feet first is<\/strong><\/p>\n to act without thinking<\/p>\n to approach a task with little hesitation<\/p>\n to accept the responsibility<\/p>\n to refuse to take risks<\/p>\n 11. To put the screws on someone is<\/strong><\/p>\n to treat them badly<\/p>\n to threaten them with dire consequences so that they will do what you want them to do<\/p>\n to deal with them kindly<\/p>\n to make them work hard<\/p>\n 12. To go cap in hand is<\/strong><\/p>\n to go on a picnic<\/p>\n to beg for money or forgiveness<\/p>\n to enjoy the day<\/p>\n to make a great effort to do something<\/p>\n 1. To eat humble pie is to apologize humbly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 2. To meet trouble halfway is to worry about it before it comes.<\/strong><\/p>\n 3. If someone is not worth their salt, they are quite worthless.<\/strong><\/p>\n 4. To win your spurs is to earn reputation.<\/strong><\/p>\n 5. To take exception to a remark is to object to it.<\/strong><\/p>\n 6. To put a spoke in somebody\u2019s wheel is to thwart them in the execution of their plans.<\/strong><\/p>\n 7. If something happens in the nick of time, it happens at the right moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n 8. To put your oar in is to offer your opinion when you are not expected to do so.<\/strong><\/p>\n 9. To sing the blues is to complain.<\/strong><\/p>\n 10. To jump in feet first is to approach a task with little hesitation<\/strong><\/p>\n 11. To put the screws on someone is to threaten them with dire consequences so that they will do what you want them to do.<\/strong><\/p>\n 12. To go cap in hand is to beg for money or forgiveness.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Each of the following sentences contains an idiomatic expression. From the given options select the one that correctly expresses the meaning of the idiom. 1. To eat humble pie is to apologize humbly to...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar-exercises","tag-idioms-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions\/376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Answers<\/h3>\n