English-2
Grade-5
Easy

Question

Identify the meaning of the idiom “Miss the boat”

  1. Let too much time go by to complete a task
  2. Long for something that you don’t have
  3. Miss out on an opportunity
  4. Not knowing the difference between right and wrong

hintHint:

An idiom is a widely used saying or expression that contains a  meaning that is different from the phrase’s literal meaning. Here, the idiom could mean when we think too much about a thing and miss the opportunity to do it.

The correct answer is: Miss out on an opportunity


    The correct answer is 'C', Miss out on an opportunity.  When we use the idiom, 'Miss the boat', we mean to say that we might or have lost the opportunity to do something because we were too slow to do it before.

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