Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom Phrase-
"Hobson's choice"
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → no choice at all
A Hobson's choice is a choice in which there is only one thing on offer: take it or take nothing, so in effect no choice at all. The phrase comes from Thomas Hobson, a stable-keeper in Cambridge in the seventeenth century, who made every customer take the horse nearest the door or go without.
Example: With only one bus a day to the village, travellers face a Hobson's choice.
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