In the following sentence, a phrase has been underlined. You are required to replace it with the MOST APPROPRIATE idiom.Excessive justification in the report threatened entirely to spoil what was already attractive during the final evaluation process.

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to take the gilt off the gingerbread. The idiom 'to take the gilt off the gingerbread' means to destroy the attractive illusion of something or to spoil something that is already good.

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to sour the grapes

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to throw the baby out with the bathwater

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to drop like flies

In the following sentence, a phrase has been underlined. You are required to replace it with the <strong>MOST APPROPRIATE</strong> idiom.<br>Excessive justification in the report threatened entirely <u>to spoil what was already attractive</u> during the final evaluation process.

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