Multiple choice

Stephen poking fun at me for my blunder was like the pot calling the kettle back; he had goofed up too. Select the correct meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

  1. stopping to waste time and getting on with something

  2. a large but distant or imaginary reward

  3. deteriorating through neglect

  4. blaming another for a fault that one has in equal measure

  5. a pot used for food or for cooking
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; the second clause makes this meaning clear.

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