A. becase "Parsimony" in a nutshell is to be really conservative of resources, in this case, Scrooge's sympathy would not be wasted on Tim.
The correct option is HARD PLEASURE.
An oxymoron refers to a compound word (two words written together) whose meaning are contradictory to each other. The two words that are used together in oxymoron usually have completely opposite meaning and authors usually use it to engage the interest of the readers. For instance in the correct option mentioned above, hard and pleasure has opposite meanings. Other examples of oxymoron are: same difference, bitter sweet, alone together, open secret, original copy, etc.
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But our political compact, our social contract<span>, is under real strain.</span>
