Question
People call in and just spill their bills
about whatever's bothering them in their job or relationship. In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part contains an idiom/phrasal verb that may be correct or erroneous. Each sentence is followed by phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find out which is the correct idiom that should replace the error in bold, if there is any, and which makes the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No improvement required’, mark (E) as the answer.Solution
The expression ‘spill your guts’ means ‘to tell someone all about yourself, especially your problems’. It is the correct idiom here. The expression ‘spill the beans’ means ‘to tell people secret information’. People call in and just spill their guts about whatever's bothering them in their job or relationship.
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