Question

Match the following idiomatic references to parts of the human anatomy.

Item	Body Part
1	palm
2	foot
3	eye
4	stomach

Item	Meaning
5	could not tolerate the insult
6	to look at with envy and desire
7	to put the blame on someone else
8	forced to pay the bill

• A. 1-8, 2-6, 3-5, 4-7
• B. 1-5, 2-7, 3-6, 4-8
• C. 1-7, 2-8, 3-6, 4-5
• D. 1-6, 2-8, 3-5, 4-7

Hint:

Recall idioms like foot the bill, couldn't stomach it, eyeing something, and palming off blame.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Here is a different way to reach the same match: start from each meaning and ask which body part idiom fits it, instead of starting from the body part.

1. "Could not tolerate the insult" (5): The everyday phrase for this is "couldn't stomach it", so this meaning belongs with stomach (4).
2. "To look at with envy and desire" (6): The everyday phrase for this is "to eye something", so this meaning belongs with eye (3).
3. "To put the blame on someone else" (7): The everyday phrase for this is "to palm something off", so this meaning belongs with palm (1).
4. "Forced to pay the bill" (8): The everyday phrase for this is "to foot the bill", so this meaning belongs with foot (2).

Reading the pairs back in body-part order gives palm-7, foot-8, eye-6, stomach-5, that is 1-7, 2-8, 3-6, 4-5.

Let's summarize:

• Working from the meanings backward to the idiom gives the same match as working forward from the body parts.
• Both routes confirm 1-7, 2-8, 3-6, 4-5.

The correct answer is option (3).