Question

Choose the option with the correct meaning of the idiom used.

The minister stole the governor's thunder by breaking the news first.

• A. The minister did not like the governor.
• B. The minister got attention for doing something that the governor had planned to do.

Answer 1

The correct option is B The minister got attention for doing something that the governor had planned to do.

The idiom 'steal someone's thunder' means 'to get attention for doing something that someone else had planned to do'.