PYQ · UPSC Combined Defence Services 2025 · English · Q37 Difficulty 2/5
English Usage & Vocabulary› Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms & One-Word Substitutes
Make heavy weather
Answer d.
Explanation Answer · d
To 'make heavy weather of' something is to make a task seem harder than it is, dealing with it with needless difficulty. To 'make heavy weather' of a task means to make it more difficult or laborious than it need be, often with a lot of fuss. The image is of a vessel struggling through rough weather. Option (d), 'Unnecessarily create difficulty in dealing with a task', states this meaning.
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