Idiom/Phrase: Cook someone's goose
- (a)To assist others
- (b)Hypnotize other's mind
- (c)To spoil other's plans
- (d)Inviting misfortune
Answer
C
Why
Correct — C, to spoil other's plans. 'To cook someone's goose' means to ruin their chances or spoil their plans, often decisively and beyond repair.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)To assist others — Opposite in sense — the idiom is about harming someone, not helping.
- (b)Hypnotize other's mind — Unrelated — the phrase has nothing to do with hypnotism.
- (d)Inviting misfortune — Wrong focus — it is about actively spoiling another person's plans, not courting bad luck for oneself.
Concept
An idiom-meaning item — 'cook someone's goose' means to ruin their plans or chances.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Throw a spanner in the works' means:
- (a)fix a machine
- (b)cause a delay or problem
- (c)work very hard
- (d)start a new project
Answer(b) cause a delay or problem — to obstruct or spoil a plan.
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Put paid to' something means:
- (a)pay off a debt
- (b)bring it to an end or ruin it
- (c)provide funding for it
- (d)praise it highly
Answer(b) bring it to an end or ruin it — to decisively stop a plan or hope.