Question

Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.

"To pick holes"

• A. To find some reason to quarrel
• B. To destroy something
• C. To criticize someone
• D. To cut some part of an item
• E. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

To criticize someone

Option C is the correct answer because 'to pick holes' means to find mistakes and criticize something someone has done or said, to show that it is not good or not correct.

Options A, B and D are incorrect because these are not the correct meanings of the given phrase.

Option E is incorrect because the correct answer has already been chosen.