{"id":1424,"date":"2017-07-25T18:04:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T12:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-is-nearest-in-meaning-to-the-underlined-idiom-above\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:14","slug":"which-of-the-following-is-nearest-in-meaning-to-the-underlined-idiom-above","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-is-nearest-in-meaning-to-the-underlined-idiom-above\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Turn Over a New Leaf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>turn over a new leaf<\/strong> mean?<br>After failing the exam, he decided to <strong>turn over a new leaf<\/strong> and study every day.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>create a new history<\/li>\n<li>begin a new civilization<\/li>\n<li>create a sensation<\/li>\n<li>make a fresh start<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3187],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2495,1894,1895],"class_list":["post-1424","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-change-and-improvement","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>make a fresh start<\/strong> is correct because <strong>turn over a new leaf<\/strong> means to make a fresh start or change one's behavior for the better.<\/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>After years of laziness, he turned over a new leaf and worked hard.<\/em> <em>She turned over a new leaf by becoming more honest and responsible.<\/em><\/p><p>The idiom is usually about personal change or improvement, not inventing history or creating excitement.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"create a new history"},{"right":"no","answer":"begin a new civilization"},{"right":"no","answer":"create a sensation"},{"right":"yes","answer":"make a fresh start"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3187,"title":"Change and Improvement","slug":"change-and-improvement"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/1424","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=1424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1424"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=1424"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=1424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}