Feather your own nest

Directions: Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d), which presents the <strong>MOST APPROPRIATE</strong> meaning and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

  1. A. To make one's lodgings comfortable
  2. B. To make money for oneself by way of dishonest means ✓
  3. C. To look at something with a lot of pleasure
  4. D. To make something more important than it really is

Correct Answer: B. To make money for oneself by way of dishonest means

Explanation

To 'feather one's nest' means to enrich oneself or use one's position to accumulate wealth, often through unethical or dishonest means.

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