Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The witness said he had no axe to grind with his brothers?
He had no hatred for the brothers
He had no axe and therefore stole the matchet
He had no axe and therefore borrowed their matchet
He had no vested interest in the brothers.
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The answer is D
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When I see him strongly supporting someone who could be his rival, I cannot help but think that he has an axe to grind.
He has no political axe to grind, he is just concerned about the state of affairs here.
Ryt option is a, having no axe to grind is an idioms which means you have no grudges with a person. It originated from a phrase by ben Franklin and a 19th century writer Charles Miner who wrote a story 'who will turn the grindstone '
The correct answer to this question is option D. If u check the dictionary u will see that
AXE TO GRIND means to have private reasons fr supporting or fighting for a cause
VESTED INTEREST means to have personal reasons for wanting sth to happen esp. for some advantages
so from the above explanation the most suitable andwer is D
