Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.

The small children begging at the roadside______________.

  1. tug at my heart strings

  2. tugs at my purse strings

  3. kippers at my purse strings

  4. sends shivers down my heart strings
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'To tug at someone's heartstrings' means to evoke compassion, pity, or strong emotional sympathy. Seeing small children begging would naturally create an emotional response of sympathy and concern. Option A is the correct idiom - 'heartstrings' refer to emotions and compassion, not money (which would be 'purse strings').

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