An idiom is given below, followed by four possible meanings. Select the option that best conveys the meaning of the idiom. To throw the helve after the hatchet
To worsen a situation by incurring further loss after an initial failure
The helve is the handle of an axe and the hatchet is the blade. The idiom comes from the story of a woodcutter whose axe-head flew into a river and who, in despair, threw the handle in after it.
So “to throw the helve after the hatchet” means to add a fresh loss to one already suffered — to give up what is left after a setback and thereby make matters worse.
It is not about acting rashly in general, abandoning a hard task midway, or retaliating with excessive force; its core is compounding an earlier loss with a further one.
Hence, the answer is To worsen a situation by incurring further loss after an initial failure.
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