Choose the idiom that conveys the sense that someone is deliberately creating trouble.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → stirring the pot
Stirring the pot means deliberately causing trouble or arguments between other people, as one stirs a pot to keep it bubbling. It matches the sense of someone creating trouble on purpose.
Example: He was only stirring the pot when he repeated the rumour to both sides.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: hitting the jackpot — Incorrect. It means having a sudden great success or winning a lot of money.
Option 3: hitting the hammer on its head — Incorrect. This is not an idiom; the real idiom is hit the nail on the head, meaning to describe something precisely.
Option 4: being on a sticky wicket — Incorrect. It means being in a difficult or awkward situation (from cricket, where a wet, drying pitch makes batting hard); the person is in trouble, not causing it.