Multiple choice

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

In the times of recession, expansion of business is an uphill battle.

  1. a very difficult task

  2. a very easy task

  3. a task that should have been done long ago

  4. an insignificant task

  5. .
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A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. The idiom 'an uphill battle' here implies a task that is a very difficult to do often because other people are causing problems.

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