Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
They hired her to increase sales, but her strategies failed to __________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The most appropriate option to fill in the blank is move the needle.
The idiom "move the needle" means to make a significant impact or to cause a noticeable change. In this context, it means that the strategies that the new hire implemented did not make a significant impact on sales.
The other options do not make sense in the context of the sentence.
- "Burn bridges" means to damage or destroy a relationship with someone. It does not make sense to say that the new hire's strategies burned bridges with anyone.
- "Spill the beans" means to reveal a secret. It does not make sense to say that the new hire's strategies spilled the beans about anything.
- "Get a second wind" means to regain one's energy or momentum. It does not make sense to say that the new hire's strategies got a second wind.