{"id":22128,"date":"2026-06-21T17:57:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/learn-barking-up-the-wrong-tree-in-context\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:57:31","slug":"learn-barking-up-the-wrong-tree-in-context","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/learn-barking-up-the-wrong-tree-in-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Barking up the wrong tree in Context"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which meaning best matches <strong>Barking up the wrong tree<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to climb a tall tree<\/li>\n<li>to look for an answer in the wrong place<\/li>\n<li>to speak very softly<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2920],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494],"class_list":["post-22128","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-common-idioms","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-6"],"mcq_note":"<p>The correct meaning of <strong>Barking up the wrong tree<\/strong> is to look for an answer in the wrong place. It helps students understand the idea behind the phrase, not just the words one by one.<\/p><p>Examples: If you blame Rina, you are <strong>barking up the wrong tree<\/strong>. The police were <strong>barking up the wrong tree<\/strong> at first.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to climb a tall tree"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to look for an answer in the wrong place"},{"right":"no","answer":"to speak very softly"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2920,"title":"Common Idioms","slug":"common-idioms"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22128","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22128"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22128"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}