For this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. The boy accused his friend of putting a spoke in his wheel...
Assessment:JAMB UTME - Use of English - 2025Subject:English Language
For this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The boy accused his friend of putting a spoke in his wheel.
Answer Details
The idiom "put a spoke in someone's wheel" means to deliberately obstruct or sabotage someone's plans. The image comes from inserting a rod (spoke) into a wheel to prevent it from turning, thereby stopping progress.
In this sentence, the boy accused his friend of thwarting the execution of his plan - that is, of deliberately interfering to prevent his plan from succeeding.
"Making jest of him" means mocking, which is not what the idiom conveys. "Spoiling his bicycle wheel" takes the expression literally rather than figuratively. "Destroying his move of getting a new wheel" also interprets the phrase too literally and invents a scenario about purchasing a wheel that the idiom does not describe.
The correct meaning is that the friend deliberately obstructed or thwarted his plan.