A mare's nest
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 7A false invention/a confused situation
खोदा पहाड़ निकली चुहिया
Three days of searching produced a mare's nest.
A mare's nest looks important until it is opened.
Daily use: Iska matlab bekar khoj.
Mare = घोड़ी, और घोड़ी कभी घोंसला नहीं बनाती। घोड़ी का घोंसला 'खोज लेना' यानी ऐसी खोज जो है ही नहीं। इसलिए a mare's nest = झूठी खोज या उलझी हुई स्थिति।
Mare means a female horse, and a mare never builds a nest. Claiming to have found a mare's nest is claiming a discovery that does not exist. So A MARE'S NEST is a false discovery or a confused situation.
Meaning: व्यर्थ या झूठी खोज। Related options 'a wild goose chase', 'chimerical'; opposite 'breakthrough'।
It means a worthless or false discovery; 'a wild goose chase' and 'chimerical' are related options, while 'breakthrough' is the opposite.