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Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Option 3 : to labour in vain
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सही उत्तर to labour in vain है।
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prepsnap.in • Part -AQuestion:
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom "to plough the sands".
1.
to work diligently
2.
to prepare thoroughly
3.
to labour in vain
4.
to sow discord
Correct Answer: to labour in vain
Ploughing sand yields no crop, so the idiom means to engage in futile labour. The trap is (a): the image of hard work misleads test-takers into reading it as diligence rather than futility.
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