What does the expression "break the ice" mean?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Start a conversation in a friendly way
- Step 1: An idiom has a meaning different from its separate words: "break the ice" means "start a conversation in a friendly way".
- Step 2: So the answer is "start a conversation in a friendly way".
Answer
Start a conversation in a friendly way.
Why not the others: Break a window, End a friendship and Feel very cold do not fit here.
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