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Choose the correct meaning of idiom:

Harp on the same string

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SSC CGL 2025 Tier 1 Question Paper (25-Sep-2025) (Shift 3)
The correct answer is

To repeat a single idea endlessly

The idiom "to harp on the same string" means to keep talking about the same point or subject repeatedly, in a tiresome way. The image comes from a musician plucking a single harp string over and over, producing the same note again and again.

So the meaning matches "To repeat a single idea endlessly."

Hence, the answer is "To repeat a single idea endlessly."

The other choices describe unrelated behaviour: "To play a strategic game" suggests calculated manoeuvring, "To be fickle in opinion" means frequently changing one's mind (the opposite of harping on one point), and "To remain emotionally distant" refers to aloofness, none of which captures the idea of dwelling on a single topic.

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