Idiom/Phrase: The lion's share
- (a)A portion of something
- (b)The largest and the best part of something
- (c)An important decision
- (d)An aggressive statement
Answer
B
Why
Correct — B, the largest and the best part of something. 'The lion's share' comes from Aesop's fable in which the lion claims the biggest portion of the kill; it means the greatest part of something that is being divided.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)A portion of something — Too weak — the idiom means the biggest part, not merely some portion.
- (c)An important decision — Unrelated — the phrase is about a share of quantity, not decision-making.
- (d)An aggressive statement — Unrelated — 'lion's share' concerns proportion, not aggression or speech.
Concept
An idiom-meaning item — 'the lion's share' denotes the biggest portion when something is divided up.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
'A drop in the ocean' means:
- (a)a large amount
- (b)a very small part of something much bigger
- (c)a sudden fall
- (d)a hidden danger
Answer(b) a very small part of something much bigger — a tiny, insignificant amount.
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Once in a blue moon' means:
- (a)very often
- (b)never
- (c)very rarely
- (d)only at night
Answer(c) very rarely — something that happens only on rare occasions.