{"id":22403,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/understanding-a-bolt-from-the-blue\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:35","slug":"understanding-a-bolt-from-the-blue","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/understanding-a-bolt-from-the-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding \u201cA bolt from the blue\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the figurative meaning of <strong>A bolt from the blue<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>one&#8217;s husband, wife, or life partner<\/li>\n<li>to succeed or happen as planned<\/li>\n<li>to feel sad<\/li>\n<li>a sudden and unexpected event<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210,3201],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22403","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-emotions-and-feelings","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A bolt from the blue<\/strong> means <strong>a sudden and unexpected event<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe news or an event that surprises people completely.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The school closure was <strong>a bolt from the blue<\/strong> for the students.<\/li><li>His resignation came as <strong>a bolt from the blue<\/strong>.<\/li><li>The sudden prize announcement felt like <strong>a bolt from the blue<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"one's husband, wife, or life partner"},{"right":"no","answer":"to succeed or happen as planned"},{"right":"no","answer":"to feel sad"},{"right":"yes","answer":"a sudden and unexpected event"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3201,"title":"Emotions and Feelings","slug":"emotions-and-feelings"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22403","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=22403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22403"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22403"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}