2022 · Q81
Directions: 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 out for the count
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- ASleeping deeply
- BCounting money carefully
- CTo count each step one takes
- DTo be very happy
Explanation
Out for the count comes from boxing, where a fighter who cannot rise before the count of ten is knocked out or deeply unconscious. By extension it means sleeping very deeply, beyond easy waking. Counting money, counting steps and being happy are literal misreadings of count. The knocked-out-or-fast-asleep sense makes sleeping deeply correct.