Question

‘Mending the health of a crack’ means ______.

Options

• repairing a crack in the sitting-room floor.

• looking after his health.

• pouring the medicine into a crack in the sitting-room floor.

• giving the medicine to the cat.

Answer 1

‘Mending the health of a crack’ means pouring the medicine into a crack in the sitting-room floor.

Explanation:

Tom did not want to take the medicine, so he secretly poured it into a crack in the floor. The phrase is humorous because Tom pretends that he is “treating” the crack instead of taking the medicine himself.