which BEST EXPRESSES the meaning of the IDIOM/PHRASE.
give up ghost

Options

A. to feel superior
B. to overcome one's fear
C. to give encouragement
D. to die

Answer

D

Explanation

give up the ghost: to die, to stop trying to do something because you know that you will not succeed.
Look at the sentences :
• All I had cherished from early childhood had been denied me, so I simply gave up the ghost. The battery in my car gave up the ghost. Here, to die is the right option.