Question

Choose the best option to complete the conversation:
Teacher : Team, I need twenty actors for the school play but there are only six of you. Each of you has to ______.
Team: We're happy to, ma'am.

• A. wear many hats
• B. put on many shoes
• C. owe many caps
• D. try on many coats

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

wear many hats

An idiomatic expression is a type of informal English where the meaning of the expression is different than the literal meaning of the expression.
Option A: The idiom 'wear many hats' refers to someone who has different roles or tasks to perform. It is relevant to the given statement, where the teacher tells six students that they have to perform the roles of twenty characters. Hence this option is the correct one.
Option B: 'Put on many shoes' is not idiomatic; hence it has a very literal meaning. This literal meaning does not relate to the conversation, which is about roles. Hence B is incorrect.
Similarly, 'owe many caps' and 'try on many coats' are also literal in meaning and do not provide the required meaning to the conversation. Hence they're incorrect.