2021 · Q16
Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Be a law unto yourself
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- ABehave unconventional and unpredictable
- BAbide by law and order
- CAsk others to follow the law
- DCreate law and order for others
Explanation
'Be a law unto yourself' means behaving independently of accepted rules — following your own law rather than society's. Option (a) 'Behave unconventional and unpredictable' captures this. The law-abiding options (b) and (c) state the opposite. Hence (a), matching the official key.