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.

A scarlet woman

A.            A woman who is highly qualified

B.            A woman who seems quite quarrelsome

C.            A woman with loose morals

D.            A woman with high morals

Sol:

Idiom ‘ a scarlet woman’ means a woman who practice adultery or is a woman with loose morals, so the correct answer is option c, eg; In his mind he thought that she was a scarlet woman, which was not true at all.