Fill in the blank with the correct idiom which means 'to be extremely hardworking'.
Rakesh deserved the praise of his colleagues as he had worked ______.
Answer और ExplanationAnswer and explanation
Answer: (A) his fingers to the bone
Work one's fingers to the bone मुहावरे का मतलब बहुत ज़्यादा मेहनत करना है, इसलिए his fingers to the bone सही है। बाकी options असली idioms नहीं हैं।
'His fingers to the bone' completes the idiom 'work one's fingers to the bone', which means to work extremely hard.
The other options are not real idioms.
Source: SSC MTS 2026। Solution: Prashant Sir, Vocab Sanjeevani।Source: SSC MTS 2026. Solution by Prashant Sir, from Vocab Sanjeevani.