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kalyan Dheeraj

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Augean stables means "a condition or place marked by great accumulation of filth or corruption"

The actual idiom should be "Clean the Augean Stables"

Question:
DIRECTIONS: Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
Cleanse the Augean stables :
Options:
A) to remove an evil
B) to clean the stables
C) a place for horses
D) stables for Augean horses
Solution:
Ans:(a) to remove an evil


cleanse the Augean stables- to rid a place or entity of an accumulation of filth (often corruption).

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