Multiple choice

Directions: Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

The waiting customers were ready to bite the head off of the clerk as she kept on talking on the phone.

  1. be very angry with someone

  2. get angry

  3. praise them sarcastically

  4. are frustrated with them

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A Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase, 'bite the head off' refers to being very angry with someone.  The others are the incorrect meanings of the given phrase.