Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase.

Both the resorts being equally good for holidays, I was caught between two stools.

  1. trapped between two arguing people

  2. finding it easier to choose between two alternatives

  3. overwhelmed by whatever is happening

  4. finding it difficult to choose between two alternatives

  5. ,
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as the idiom 'caught between two stools' implies finding it difficult to choose between two alternatives. In this context, as both the resorts are equally good, he is finding it difficult to decide where to go.

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