{"id":1410,"date":"2017-08-03T21:29:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T15:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/dog-days-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:14","slug":"dog-days-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/dog-days-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Days Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>dog days<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>a carefree period<\/li>\n<li>a period of youthful adventures<\/li>\n<li>a period of misfortune<\/li>\n<li>hot weather<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3191],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494,2495,1894],"class_list":["post-1410","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-weather-expressions","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-6","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>hot weather<\/strong> is correct because <strong>dog days<\/strong> means the hottest period of summer or a period of very hot weather.<\/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>During the dog days of August, the streets were almost empty.<\/em> <em>We stayed indoors through the dog days of summer.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase is about hot weather, not dogs, misfortune, or carefree youth.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"a carefree period"},{"right":"no","answer":"a period of youthful adventures"},{"right":"no","answer":"a period of misfortune"},{"right":"yes","answer":"hot weather"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3191,"title":"Weather Expressions","slug":"weather-expressions"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/1410","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=1410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1410"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=1410"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=1410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}