Match the idioms given in List-I with the meanings given in List-II.
| List-I Idioms | List-II Meanings |
| (A) Blow your own trumpet | (I) Very early in the morning |
| (B) Labour of Hercules | (II) Talk boastfully about yourself |
| (C) Beggar belief | (III) Task requiring enormous strength |
| (D) Up with the lark | (IV) Be too extraordinary to be believed |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) – (II), (B) – (III), (C) – (IV), (D) – (I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Blow your own trumpet | II. Talk boastfully about yourself | To blow one's own trumpet is to praise one's own abilities and achievements, as if announcing them with a trumpet. | He is a good player, but he keeps blowing his own trumpet. |
| B. Labour of Hercules | III. Task requiring enormous strength | A labour of Hercules is a task that needs enormous strength or effort. In Greek myth the hero Hercules (Greek Heracles) had to perform twelve almost impossible tasks, called his labours. | Clearing the flooded village was a labour of Hercules. |
| C. Beggar belief | IV. Be too extraordinary to be believed | To beggar belief is to be so surprising that it is almost impossible to believe ("beggar" is used as a verb, as in Shakespeare's "It beggared all description" in Antony and Cleopatra). | The speed at which the building went up beggars belief. |
| D. Up with the lark | I. Very early in the morning | To be up with the lark is to get up very early in the morning; the lark is a bird that sings at dawn. | My grandfather is always up with the lark. |
The following words have also been asked in other CUET (UG) English papers:
| Word | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blow one's own trumpet | – | – | – | 01-06 S1 | – |
| up with the lark | 13-05 S1 | – | – | – | – |