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read the source of the allusion. in classical mythology, hercules struggles to fight the hydra, a monster with nine heads. when one head is cut off, two grow in its place. what is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? the flowers in my garden were crowded out by hydra - headed weeds. options: covered in spikes or thorns, slippery and hard to grasp, difficult to control or contain.
La alusión al Hydra (monstruo con nueve cabezas donde al cortar una crecen dos) en la frase "hydra - headed weeds" se refiere a que las malezas son difíciles de controlar, al igual que el Hydra es difícil de vencer porque al intentar eliminar una "cabeza" (o problema) surgen más. La opción "difficult to control or contain" se alinea con esta idea, ya que las malezas con esta característica del Hydra serían difíciles de controlar. Las otras opciones ("covered in spikes or thorns" se refiere a espinas, no a la naturaleza del Hydra; "slippery and hard to grasp" se refiere a lo resbaladizo, no a la multiplicación de cabezas) no encajan.
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