Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the word from the options that correctly defines the meaning to the given idiom / phrase.

To spin a yarn

  1. To work hard

  2. Live luxuriously

  3. To invent a story

  4. To contempt
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

To spin a yarn means to tell a long, often elaborate or fabricated story. It is a common idiom derived from sailors who would tell stories while spinning yarn for nets.

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