2022 · Q86
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.
Everyone and his brother
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- AAn individual and all his relatives
- BTo think about universal brotherhood
- CA large number of people
- DTo treat people as relatives
Explanation
Everyone and his brother is a hyperbolic way of saying a very large number of people showed up or are involved. It does not literally concern relatives or brotherhood as a philosophy. The crowd hyperbole is the idiom's force. The large-number sense makes that option correct.