Choose the idiom that best expresses: difficult or unfortunate situations often seem to happen all at once.
Difficulty: Hard
About this MCQ
This Hard Idioms and Phrases MCQ checks one syllabus fact.
The question is: “Choose the idiom that best expresses: difficult or unfortunate situations often seem to happen all at once.”
The accepted answer is A. When it rains, it pours. Choose the idiom that best expresses difficult or unfortunate situations often seem to happen all at once is answered by When it rains it pours option A Option B Actions speak louder than words does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of When it rains it pours Option C Put all your eggs in one basket does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of When it rains it pours Remaining alternatives Keep your chin up fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once When it rains it pours is identified Idioms and Phrases questions of this type reward precise definitions rather than approximate associations.
- A. When it rains, it pours ✓
- B. Actions speak louder than words
Why not B: “Actions speak louder than words” is not correct. The accepted answer is A. When it rains, it pours. Choose the idiom that best expresses difficult or unfortunate situations often seem to happen all at once is answered by When it rains it pours option A Option B Actions speak loud
- C. Put all your eggs in one basket
Why not C: “Put all your eggs in one basket” is not correct. The accepted answer is A. When it rains, it pours. Choose the idiom that best expresses difficult or unfortunate situations often seem to happen all at once is answered by When it rains it pours option A Option B Actions speak loud
- D. Keep your chin up
Why not D: “Keep your chin up” is not correct. The accepted answer is A. When it rains, it pours. Choose the idiom that best expresses difficult or unfortunate situations often seem to happen all at once is answered by When it rains it pours option A Option B Actions speak loud
Correct answer
A. When it rains, it pours
Explanation
Choose the idiom that best expresses difficult or unfortunate situations often seem to happen all at once is answered by When it rains it pours option A Option B Actions speak louder than words does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of When it rains it pours Option C Put all your eggs in one basket does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of When it rains it pours Remaining alternatives Keep your chin up fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once When it rains it pours is identified Idioms and Phrases questions of this type reward precise definitions rather than approximate associations.
Source: Idioms and Phrases Official FPSC/NTS/PPSC-Style Reference Guide
Tags: English, Idioms, FPSC, PPSC, phrases, NTS
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