Question : Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the sentence given below.
Richa was provoking her neighbours against her maid Shanta who spoke against her but none of them responded.
Option 1: Smelling a rat
Option 2: Egging on
Option 3: Carrying the conviction
Option 4: Rising like a phoenix
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Correct Answer: Egging on
Solution : The correct choice is the second option .
Egging on means to strongly encourage someone to do something that might not be a very good idea. In the sentence, Richa was encouraging her neighbours against her maid, which means she was egging on .
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