{"id":2020,"date":"2016-12-23T18:28:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T12:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/cry-wolf-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:14","slug":"cry-wolf-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/cry-wolf-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Cry Wolf Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>cry wolf<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>show anger<\/li>\n<li>give a false alarm<\/li>\n<li>clear a road<\/li>\n<li>bare one&#8217;s teeth<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3184],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1893,2494,2495],"class_list":["post-2020","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-warnings-and-alarms","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-5","education_level-grade-6","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>give a false alarm<\/strong> is correct because <strong>cry wolf<\/strong> means to give a false alarm or warn people about danger when there is no real danger.<\/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>If you cry wolf too often, people may not believe you when real danger comes.<\/em> <em>The boy cried wolf as a joke, but the villagers stopped trusting him.<\/em><\/p><p>The idiom is about false warnings, not anger, roads, or showing teeth.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"show anger"},{"right":"yes","answer":"give a false alarm"},{"right":"no","answer":"clear a road"},{"right":"no","answer":"bare one's teeth"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3184,"title":"Warnings and Alarms","slug":"warnings-and-alarms"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2020","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\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2020"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2020"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}