Select the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom: 'Count your blessings'
- (a)to start to understand how badly something has affected you
- (b)an event which gradually becomes worse
- (c)to be grateful for good things in your life
- (d)something that you say in order to warn someone
Answer
C
Why
Correct — C, to be grateful for good things in your life. 'Count your blessings' is an exhortation to focus on and appreciate the good things you already have, rather than dwelling on what you lack — often said to comfort someone. It is about gratitude, not about a dawning realisation of harm, a worsening event, or a warning.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)to start to understand how badly something has affected you — That describes a growing realisation of harm — the opposite of appreciating what is good.
- (b)an event which gradually becomes worse — That is deterioration; 'count your blessings' is a positive call to gratitude.
- (d)something that you say in order to warn someone — A warning cautions about danger; this idiom encourages thankfulness, not caution.
Concept
Idiom: 'count your blessings' = be thankful for the good things you have instead of dwelling on what you lack.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the meaning of the idiom 'on cloud nine':
- (a)extremely happy
- (b)very confused
- (c)lost in fog
- (d)deep in debt
Answer(a) extremely happy.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The idiom 'a blessing in disguise' means:
- (a)a hidden threat
- (b)something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good
- (c)a secret gift
- (d)a costume worn at a party
Answer(b) something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good.