NDA (I) 2022 General Ability Test · Question 16 of 150

Correct — D, 'unwell.' To feel 'under the weather' is to feel slightly ill or unwell — option (d).

• (a)walking in the rain — A literal weather reading; the idiom is about health, not rain.
• (b)controlled by the elements — Another literal 'weather' interpretation, unrelated to the idiom's meaning.
• (c)browbeaten by the heat — Also literal; the idiom simply means feeling ill, not oppressed by heat.

To be 'under the weather' is to feel slightly ill or unwell.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the meaning of the idiom 'to feel out of sorts'.

  • (a)to feel unwell or irritable
  • (b)to feel delighted
  • (c)to feel energetic
  • (d)to feel curious

  Answer(a) to feel unwell or irritable — close to 'under the weather'.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the meaning of the idiom 'to be on the mend'.

  • (a)to be recovering after illness
  • (b)to be repairing a road
  • (c)to be getting worse
  • (d)to be very busy

  Answer(a) to be recovering after illness — a health idiom, the flip side of 'under the weather'.