{"id":22406,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-hot-potato-usage-check\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:35","slug":"a-hot-potato-usage-check","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-hot-potato-usage-check\/","title":{"rendered":"A hot potato Usage Check"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which meaning correctly matches <strong>A hot potato<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to boast about one&#8217;s own achievements<\/li>\n<li>a difficult or controversial issue<\/li>\n<li>to face a difficulty or opposition<\/li>\n<li>to belong or be accepted in a group<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210,3204],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22406","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-problem-solving","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A hot potato<\/strong> means <strong>a difficult or controversial issue<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe a topic that people find hard to discuss because it can cause argument.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The school uniform rule became <strong>a hot potato<\/strong> at the meeting.<\/li><li>The budget problem was <strong>a hot potato<\/strong> for the committee.<\/li><li>The debate topic was such <strong>a hot potato<\/strong> that everyone spoke carefully.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to boast about one's own achievements"},{"right":"yes","answer":"a difficult or controversial issue"},{"right":"no","answer":"to face a difficulty or opposition"},{"right":"no","answer":"to belong or be accepted in a group"}],"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":3204,"title":"Problem Solving","slug":"problem-solving"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22406","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=22406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22406"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22406"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}