Question

Brutus: ‘Let me tell you, Cassius you yourself,
Are much condem’d to have an itching palm’.

The literary device used in the words.

‘an itching palm’, is ______.

Options

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metonymy

Answer 1

Brutus: ‘Let me tell you, Cassius you yourself,
Are much condem’d to have an itching palm’.

The literary device used in the words.

‘an itching palm’, is idiom.

Explanation:

“An itching palm” is an idiom meaning a desire to receive money dishonestly, especially through bribery. It is not a simile or metonymy; although it creates an image, its meaning is understood figuratively as a fixed expression.