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From the options provided below, select the sentence that correctly utilizes the highlighted idiom. If none of the sentences display the correct usage, select "None of these" as the appropriate response.

Spill the beans

Options

A

The waiter accidentally spilled the beans all over the customer's expensive suit.

B

We wanted to keep the merger under wraps, but someone in accounting spilled the beans to the press.

C

You should spill the beans on your computer if it starts to overheat.

D

None of these

E

The fitness trainer advised him to spill the beans daily to stay in shape.

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Correct Answer :

Option B

We wanted to keep the merger under wraps, but someone in accounting spilled the beans to the press.

Solution :

The correct option is: We wanted to keep the merger under wraps, but someone in accounting spilled the beans to the press.

Explanation and Meaning of the Idiom:
The idiom "spill the beans" is an informal phrase that means to reveal secret information prematurely or unintentionally.

Analysis of the Options:

1. "The waiter accidentally spilled the beans all over the customer's expensive suit."
This sentence uses the phrase in a literal physical sense (referring to actual food/beans), not as an idiom.

2. "We wanted to keep the merger under wraps, but someone in accounting spilled the beans to the press."
This sentence uses the idiom correctly. "Keep the merger under wraps" implies keeping it secret, and someone "spilled the beans" means they leaked or revealed the secret news to the press.

3. "You should spill the beans on your computer if it starts to overheat."
This is an incorrect and nonsensical usage of the idiom in the context of computer maintenance.

4. "The fitness trainer advised him to spill the beans daily to stay in shape."
This incorrectly attempts to use the idiom in a context related to health or physical exercise.

Therefore, the second sentence is the only one that uses the idiom "spill the beans" accurately.

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