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Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the given proverb.

The longest mile is the last mile home.

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The final stage feels the most difficult due to fatigue.

The proverb “The longest mile is the last mile home” means that the final stage of any task or journey feels the hardest, because by then a person is tired and impatient to finish.

Step 1 — The last mile is not physically longer than any other mile; it only seems longest. The proverb is therefore about how the end of an effort feels, not about measured distance.

Step 2 — That feeling comes from accumulated fatigue and eagerness to arrive. The meaning that the final stage feels the most difficult because of fatigue captures this exactly.

The idea that the journey home is always physically longer takes the proverb literally, which it does not intend. The idea that returning needs more resources and planning than leaving adds a claim about logistics that the proverb never makes. The idea that familiarity with the destination reduces the effort says the opposite of the proverb, which stresses that the end feels harder, not easier.

The final stage feels the most difficult due to fatigue. option is correct.

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