Question 27
Choose the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiomatic expression in the given sentence.
It is difficult to pick new books in a year where there is an embarrassment of riches; one is hampered by the fact that some of the best ones are written by close friends and colleagues.
Solution
To answer the question, we should first make literal sense of the idiom and then understand its metaphorical sense from that.
An embarrassment of riches literally means that wealth is embarrassing in a certain context, possibly due to its abundance.
So option B fits closely.Â
