Select the option which gives the most accurate meaning of the given Idiom:
Hobson’s choice
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → To have no alternative
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 alternative 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: The company gave the workers a Hobson's choice: accept the lower pay or lose the job.
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