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Grade-4
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Directions: Read the following sentence and choose the correct answer
Choose the one which expresses the meaning of the idioms and phrases: Ram sold their house because it was a real white elephant.
- A rare find
- Very expensive and useless
- A very big one
Hint:
Very expensive and useless
The correct answer is: Very expensive and useless
White elephant is one of the wonders of the world. They are gigantic and looks so amazing. They are precious and have to be preserved. But there is no use them by just preserving. The same way, Ram's house is also expensive since it is gigantic and amazing but there is no use of his house. So he sells it. Eventhough it is such a marvellous thing, if it does not has benefit, then there is no use of possessing it.
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