{"id":1422,"date":"2017-07-27T03:57:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T21:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-does-the-italicized-idiom-above-mean\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:14","slug":"what-does-the-italicized-idiom-above-mean","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-does-the-italicized-idiom-above-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of In Cold Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>in cold blood<\/strong> mean?<br>Not many people can commit such a heinous crime <strong>in cold blood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>stirred by sudden emotion<\/li>\n<li>impatiently and thoughtlessly<\/li>\n<li>patiently and thoughtfully<\/li>\n<li>deliberately and without emotion<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3188],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896,1895],"class_list":["post-1422","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-crime-and-intent","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>deliberately and without emotion<\/strong> is correct because <strong>in cold blood<\/strong> means deliberately, calmly, and without pity or strong emotion.<\/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>The villain planned the attack in cold blood.<\/em> <em>The crime was committed in cold blood, not in a sudden quarrel.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase describes a calm, deliberate act, not a sudden emotional reaction.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"stirred by sudden emotion"},{"right":"no","answer":"impatiently and thoughtlessly"},{"right":"no","answer":"patiently and thoughtfully"},{"right":"yes","answer":"deliberately and without emotion"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3188,"title":"Crime and Intent","slug":"crime-and-intent"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/1422","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=1422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}