2019 · Q71
Choose the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
Idiom/Phrase: To cut your own throat
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- Ato stop doing something
- Bto do something because you are angry
- Cto behave in a relaxed manner
- Dto allow someone to do something
Explanation
The reputable key marks (b), "to do something because you are angry". Strictly, the standard idiom "to cut one's own throat" means to act against one's own interests (self-sabotage) — a sense none of the options offers, so this item's key is disputed. Among the options, the key treats the self-harming act as one done in anger, on the analogy of "cutting off one's nose to spite one's face". Key disputed. Hence (B).