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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 :

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


Explanation and Logical Breakdown:


1. Understanding the Idiom:
The idiom "spill the beans" is a common figurative phrase that means to reveal secret or confidential information prematurely or unintentionally.


2. Analyzing the Given Options:

"The waiter accidentally spilled the beans all over the customer's expensive suit."
This uses the phrase in a literal sense (literally dropping real beans onto clothing), not as an idiom.


"We wanted to keep the merger under wraps, but someone in accounting spilled the beans to the press."
Here, "spilled the beans" is used correctly to mean that someone leaked confidential information about a secret merger to the news/press.


"You should spill the beans on your computer if it starts to overheat."
This usage is illogical and incorrect for both literal and idiomatic meanings.


"The fitness trainer advised him to spill the beans daily to stay in shape."
This usage is also contextually nonsensical.


3. Conclusion:
Therefore, the second sentence is the only one that uses the idiom "spill the beans" correctly in its proper figurative context.

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