Select the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase

Select the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.

Lead up the garden path

a)            To advise someone

b)            To frighten someone

c)            To deceive someone

d)            To defeat someone

 Sol:

Idiom ‘lead up the garden path’ means ‘to deceive someone’ or ‘Cheating & tricking’, eg; It seems as if we’ve been led up the garden path about the position of our hotel, it’s miles from the beach! Cheating & tricking.