{"id":22185,"date":"2026-06-21T17:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-phrase-check-behind-the-times\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:57:33","slug":"english-phrase-check-behind-the-times","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-phrase-check-behind-the-times\/","title":{"rendered":"English Phrase Check: Behind the times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How should we understand <strong>Behind the times<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>ahead of everyone<\/li>\n<li>old-fashioned or not modern<\/li>\n<li>very early<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2920,3200],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494],"class_list":["post-22185","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-common-idioms","topic-time-and-patience","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-6"],"mcq_note":"<p>Use <strong>Behind the times<\/strong> when you want to express the idea old-fashioned or not modern. The phrase should be understood as a whole expression.<\/p><p>Examples: That old phone is <strong>behind the times<\/strong>. A school without computers may seem <strong>behind the times<\/strong>.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"ahead of everyone"},{"right":"yes","answer":"old-fashioned or not modern"},{"right":"no","answer":"very early"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2920,"title":"Common Idioms","slug":"common-idioms"},{"id":3200,"title":"Time and Patience","slug":"time-and-patience"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22185","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=22185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22185"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22185"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}