Match the proverbs in List-I with their meanings in List-II:-List-I (…

Match the proverbs in List-I with their meanings in List-II:-

List-I (Proverbs)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest	(I) People often blame their equipments for their failure or incompetence
(B) Never look a gift horse in the mouth	(II) People can have perfect intentions and still act wrongly or inappropriately
(C) The bad workman blames his tools	(III) Only a bad person would do something to harm his family or friends
(D) The road to hell is paved with good intentions	(IV) Never be ungrateful or critical of something that you have received as a gift or obtained by chance

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest	(III) Only a bad person would do something to harm his family or friends	A bird that dirties its own nest harms its own home. The proverb says only a bad person harms his own people.	He spread lies about his own brother. It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
(B) Never look a gift horse in the mouth	(IV) Never be ungrateful or critical of something that you have received as a gift or obtained by chance	People judged a horse's age by its teeth. Checking the teeth of a horse received as a gift is finding fault with a present.	The free laptop is old, but never look a gift horse in the mouth.
(C) The bad workman blames his tools	(I) People often blame their equipments for their failure or incompetence	A person who lacks skill blames his equipment instead of himself.	He lost the match and blamed his racket, but the bad workman blames his tools.
(D) The road to hell is paved with good intentions	(II) People can have perfect intentions and still act wrongly or inappropriately	Good intentions alone do not make an action right. Meaning well can still lead to harm.	He fed the stray dogs chocolate to be kind. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Match the proverbs in List-I with their meanings in List-II:-

List-I (Proverbs)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest	(I) People often blame their equipments for their failure or incompetence
(B) Never look a gift horse in the mouth	(II) People can have perfect intentions and still act wrongly or inappropriately
(C) The bad workman blames his tools	(III) Only a bad person would do something to harm his family or friends
(D) The road to hell is paved with good intentions	(IV) Never be ungrateful or critical of something that you have received as a gift or obtained by chance

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest	(III) Only a bad person would do something to harm his family or friends	A bird that dirties its own nest harms its own home. The proverb says only a bad person harms his own people.	He spread lies about his own brother. It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
(B) Never look a gift horse in the mouth	(IV) Never be ungrateful or critical of something that you have received as a gift or obtained by chance	People judged a horse's age by its teeth. Checking the teeth of a horse received as a gift is finding fault with a present.	The free laptop is old, but never look a gift horse in the mouth.
(C) The bad workman blames his tools	(I) People often blame their equipments for their failure or incompetence	A person who lacks skill blames his equipment instead of himself.	He lost the match and blamed his racket, but the bad workman blames his tools.
(D) The road to hell is paved with good intentions	(II) People can have perfect intentions and still act wrongly or inappropriately	Good intentions alone do not make an action right. Meaning well can still lead to harm.	He fed the stray dogs chocolate to be kind. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.