Question

He was trying to convince her, but it was pointless . In the above sentence, the underlined words can be replaced by an idiomatic-expression.

Choose the appropriate idiom from the list given below :

• A. beating around the bush
• B. cutting the long story short
• C. beating a dead horse
• D. hitting the nail on the head

Answer 1

Answer:

C. beating a dead horse

• Beating a dead horse means trying to do something that is useless or pointless.

• This exactly matches the meaning of the sentence: “He was trying to convince her, but it was pointless.”