Which of the following provides the correct meaning of the underlined idiom?
In calling her the best singer in the country, her fans draw the long bow.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → make exaggerated claims.
Draw the long bow means to exaggerate; to tell a story or make a claim that goes beyond the truth. It comes from archers' boastful tales of the long shots they had made with the longbow. Calling her the best singer in the whole country is such an exaggerated claim by her fans.
Example: He was drawing the long bow when he said he had caught a fish as big as a boat.