What does the idiom 'Wear your heart on your sleeve' mean?
Difficulty: Medium
About this MCQ
This Medium Idioms and Phrases MCQ checks one syllabus fact.
The question is: “What does the idiom 'Wear your heart on your sleeve' mean?”
The accepted answer is B. To openly and visibly show one's emotions. To openly and visibly show one's emotions is the fact required by What does the idiom 'Wear your heart on your sleeve' mean option B Option A No longer responsible for or obligated to do something does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of To openly and visibly show one's emotions Option C To lose an opportunity by being too slow to act does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of To openly and visibly show one's emotions Remaining alternatives To joke with or playfully tease someone fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once To openly and visibly show one's emotions is identified.
- A. No longer responsible for or obligated to do something
Why not A: “No longer responsible for or obligated to do something” is not correct. The accepted answer is B. To openly and visibly show one's emotions. To openly and visibly show one's emotions is the fact required by What does the idiom 'Wear your heart on your sleeve' mean option B Option A No longer responsible for or obligated
- B. To openly and visibly show one's emotions ✓
- C. To lose an opportunity by being too slow to act
Why not C: “To lose an opportunity by being too slow to act” is not correct. The accepted answer is B. To openly and visibly show one's emotions. To openly and visibly show one's emotions is the fact required by What does the idiom 'Wear your heart on your sleeve' mean option B Option A No longer responsible for or obligated
- D. To joke with or playfully tease someone
Why not D: “To joke with or playfully tease someone” is not correct. The accepted answer is B. To openly and visibly show one's emotions. To openly and visibly show one's emotions is the fact required by What does the idiom 'Wear your heart on your sleeve' mean option B Option A No longer responsible for or obligated
Correct answer
B. To openly and visibly show one's emotions
Explanation
To openly and visibly show one's emotions is the fact required by What does the idiom 'Wear your heart on your sleeve' mean option B Option A No longer responsible for or obligated to do something does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of To openly and visibly show one's emotions Option C To lose an opportunity by being too slow to act does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of To openly and visibly show one's emotions Remaining alternatives To joke with or playfully tease someone fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once To openly and visibly show one's emotions is identified.
Source: Idioms and Phrases Official FPSC/NTS/PPSC-Style Reference Guide
Tags: English, Idioms, FPSC, PPSC, phrases, NTS
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