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.

When the team lost the tournament, the manager was like a bear with a sore head.

  1. trying very hard to solve the problem

  2. to be in a bad mood

  3. very nervous person

  4. preparing himself for troubles ahead
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B Correct answer
Explanation

'To be in a bad mood' refers to the phrase, 'bear with a sore head'. 'Trying very hard to solve the problem' refers to the phrase, 'beating one’s brains out'. 'Preparing himself for troubles ahead' refers to the phrase, 'batten down the hatches'. The others are the incorrect meanings of the given phrase. 

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