2025 · Q37
Directions: In the following items an idiom or a proverb is given. Select the response that most appropriately describes the meaning of the idiom or proverb and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Make heavy weather
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- ACloud seeding
- BTo pollute the air
- CTo complain about wet and rainy conditions
- DUnnecessarily create difficulty in dealing with a task
Explanation
To "make heavy weather" of something is to treat a straightforward task as unnecessarily difficult — to create difficulty where none need exist. It is unrelated to cloud seeding, pollution, or complaining about rain. Option (D) is the idiom's meaning.