{"id":22330,"date":"2026-06-21T18:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-phrase-check-pull-someones-leg\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:07:58","slug":"english-phrase-check-pull-someones-leg","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-phrase-check-pull-someones-leg\/","title":{"rendered":"English Phrase Check: Pull someone&#8217;s leg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In everyday English, what does <strong>Pull someone&#8217;s leg<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to hurt someone<\/li>\n<li>to help someone walk<\/li>\n<li>to run quickly<\/li>\n<li>to tease or joke with someone<\/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-22330","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p>Use <strong>Pull someone's leg<\/strong> when you want to express the idea of to tease or joke with someone. It is a fixed expression, so the full phrase carries the meaning.<\/p><p>Examples: Do not worry; I was just <strong>pulling your leg<\/strong>. He <strong>pulled his sister's leg<\/strong> about the silly hat.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to hurt someone"},{"right":"no","answer":"to help someone walk"},{"right":"no","answer":"to run quickly"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to tease or joke with someone"}],"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\/22330","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=22330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22330"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22330"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}