For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. Dog in the manger

• A. An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog
• B. A person who puts himself in difficulties on account of other people
• C. A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself
• D. A dog that has no kennel of its own

Answer: (C)