{"id":1376,"date":"2017-08-14T23:35:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T17:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-idiom-a-round-dozen\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:15","slug":"what-is-the-meaning-of-the-idiom-a-round-dozen","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-idiom-a-round-dozen\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of a Round Dozen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>a round dozen<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>a little more than a dozen<\/li>\n<li>about a dozen<\/li>\n<li>a full dozen<\/li>\n<li>a little less than a dozen<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3192],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1893,2494,2495],"class_list":["post-1376","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-number-expressions","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-5","education_level-grade-6","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>a full dozen<\/strong> is correct because <strong>a round dozen<\/strong> means exactly twelve.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>She bought a round dozen eggs for the cake.<\/em> <em>A round dozen students joined the reading club.<\/em><\/p><p>A dozen is twelve, so a <strong>round dozen<\/strong> means a full or exact dozen.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"a little more than a dozen"},{"right":"no","answer":"about a dozen"},{"right":"yes","answer":"a full dozen"},{"right":"no","answer":"a little less than a dozen"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3192,"title":"Number Expressions","slug":"number-expressions"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/1376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1376"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=1376"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=1376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}