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NDA 2 2024 GAT, question 28

Topic: Idioms and phrases

Directions · Q26 to Q30

Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Select the response (a), (b), (c) or (d), which is the most appropriate meaning and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Q28

Count your blessings

  1. (a) to start to understand how badly something has affected you
  2. (b) an event which gradually becomes worse
  3. (c) to be grateful for good things in your lifeCorrect answer
  4. (d) something that you say in order to warn someone

Solution.

Answer: (c) to be grateful for good things in your life

  1. To count one's blessings is to recognise the good things one already has and feel grateful for them.
  2. It encourages appreciation rather than complaint.