{"id":22268,"date":"2026-06-21T18:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/learn-beat-around-the-bush-in-context\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:01:33","slug":"learn-beat-around-the-bush-in-context","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/learn-beat-around-the-bush-in-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Beat around the bush in Context"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Select the meaning of <strong>Beat around the bush<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to speak clearly<\/li>\n<li>to cut a tree<\/li>\n<li>to avoid saying something directly<\/li>\n<li>to run in a garden<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2495],"class_list":["post-22268","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p>The correct meaning of <strong>Beat around the bush<\/strong> is to avoid saying something directly. Understanding the whole expression helps students choose the meaning from context.<\/p><p>Examples: Do not <strong>beat around the bush<\/strong>; tell me the truth. He <strong>beat around the bush<\/strong> before admitting his mistake.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to speak clearly"},{"right":"no","answer":"to cut a tree"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to avoid saying something directly"},{"right":"no","answer":"to run in a garden"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22268","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=22268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22268"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22268"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}