Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom. – The United Nations is working to eliminate the vicious cycle of poverty.

Explanation :

The idiom “vicious cycle” means:
👉 a situation where one problem leads to another problem, and it keeps repeating

Meaning Breakdown:

• Vicious = harmful
• Cycle = repeating process

👉 Together → a harmful repeating chain of problems

❌ Option Analysis:

• The barrier of poverty → not correct ❌
• Strength of something → incorrect ❌
• Loophole of something → unrelated ❌
• One problem causes other → ✔️ correct meaning