Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Idioms

Question:

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given Idiom: "To Feather one’s own nest"

Options:

As light as a feather

Making nest of feathers

An ascetic person

To make fortune in unfair way.

Correct Answer:

To make fortune in unfair way.

Explanation:

The most appropriate meaning of the idiom "to feather one's own nest" is to make fortune in an unfair way. This idiom comes from the literal meaning of the phrase, which is to add feathers to one's nest to make it more comfortable. However, the phrase came to be used figuratively to describe the act of enriching oneself at the expense of others.

For example, if you say that someone is "feathering their own nest," you mean that they are making money or gaining power in a way that is unfair or unethical. Or, if you say that a company is "feathering its own nest," you mean that it is making profits at the expense of its employees or customers.