Filing
To see in a dream that you are filing a metal signifies that you will undertake a difficult task and carry it out with patience, working at it as though weaving an embroidery.
Whoever sees in a dream that he is filing wood, the dream is interpreted as indicating that he is using the wrong means to attain his aim.
Whoever sees that the thing he is filing does not become straight is in the wrong stage of the work he wishes to undertake.
Positive Meaning
With the right perspective, it can signify restoring balance, recovery, and developing a new understanding.
Shadow Meaning
Uncertainty, indecision, or a tendency to take on excessive burden may be observed.
Advice
In the interpretation, the themes of work and responsibility, health and body, the emotional tone in the dream, and how the symbol concludes in the dream should be evaluated together.