In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:

Telling Ali to break his habit of coming to work late is like knocking your head against a brick wall

  • A trying the impossible
  • B asking him to beat you
  • C making a fool of yourself
  • D asking him to be your enemy
  • E making him break ndown at work
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The correct answer is A. trying the impossible

The phrase “knocking your head against a brick wall” means “to attempt to do something very difficult or impossible to achieve and therefore causes you to feel annoyed”. 

It is also used to describe “repeatedly doing, saying, or asking for something which results in no change in a situation”.

Based on this definition, the option nearest in meaning to “knocking your head against a brick wall” is A. trying the impossible. 

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