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Which line from the story “Lamb to the slaughter”contains an idiom?

"Soon, other men began to come into the house."
B "She put the parcel down on the table and went into the living room..."
"A few minutes later she got up and went to the phone."
"All the old love and longing for him welled up inside her, and she ran over to him, knelt
down beside him, and began to cry her heart out."

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B is the sentence that contains the idiom "Lamb to the slaughter," which is a phrase used to describe someone who is innocently or willingly letting themselves be sacrificed or harmed for the sake of others. In this context, it refers to the main character in the story who is sacrificing her own happiness and well-being for the sake of her husband and his feelings.
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