Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase.

The public, in general, feels that all the political parties have _______________. The public trusts none of the parties now.

  1. sold like hot cakes

  2. sold them down the river

  3. sold for a song

  4. sold on credit

  5. sold the farm
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. To sell someone down the river means to do something which harms or disappoints someone who trusted you. The public, in general, feels that all the political parties have sold them down the river. The public trusts none of the parties now!

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