Question

Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom "To drive home"

• A. To find one's roots
• B. To return to place of rest
• C. Back to original position
• D. To emphasise

Hint:

When someone "drives home" a point, they are ensuring that it is understood clearly and emphatically.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The idiom "to drive home" is used about arguments and points, not about literal travel, so the literal-sounding options can be set aside first.
To find one's roots, to return to place of rest and back to original position are all tied to physical return or origin, not to making a point stick.
When someone "drives a point home," they are making sure it is fully understood, which is the same as making them emphasise it.
So the correct answer is To emphasise.

Answer 2

Testing the idiom inside a sample sentence, "The teacher drove home the importance of practice," and checking which paraphrase fits naturally in that sentence helps confirm the meaning.

1. To find one's roots: Substituting this phrase would read "The teacher found the roots of the importance of practice," which makes no sense in context.
2. To return to place of rest: Substituting this gives "The teacher returned to place of rest the importance of practice," which is grammatically and logically broken.
3. Back to original position: This substitution likewise produces a meaningless sentence, since the idiom is not about physical repositioning.
4. To emphasise: Substituting this gives "The teacher emphasised the importance of practice," which reads naturally and preserves the original meaning perfectly.

Only the substitution with "emphasise" keeps the sentence grammatically sound and meaningfully intact.

Therefore, the correct answer is To emphasise.