Practice Test Discussion

Directions: Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom / phrase/ word.

Ritu tried her best to convince the villagers to open a school for the children, but it looked like she was beating a dead horse.

[UBI (PO), 2010]

Ritu's effort of trying to convince the villagers to open a school for the children was being perceived as a statement of anger

Ritu was trying harder than was necessary to convince the villagers to open a school for the children

Ritu's effort of trying to convince the villagers to open a school for the children did not look like it would succeed

Ritu looked desperate while trying to convince the villagers to open a school for the children

None of the above

Explanation

The following are the meaning and sample sentence for the given idiom/ phrase/ word.

Meaning: Beat a dead horse - To waste time by doing something that has already been attempted

Sample sentence: There’s no use trying to keep this business going. We are beating a dead horse.

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