Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

There was no one in the team who could bell the cat and tell the producer the truth.

do the impossible task

The most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence is do the impossible task.

The idiom "bell the cat" means to do something that is dangerous or difficult. It comes from a fable about a group of mice who were tired of being eaten by a cat. They decided to put a bell around the cat's neck so they would know when it was coming. However, no mouse was brave enough to do the task.

In the sentence, the speaker is saying that there was no one in the team who was brave enough to tell the producer the truth, even though it was the right thing to do. The truth was difficult to hear and could have negative consequences, so no one wanted to be the one to tell it.