{"id":22407,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/figurative-meaning-of-a-leopard-cannot-change-its-spots\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:35","slug":"figurative-meaning-of-a-leopard-cannot-change-its-spots","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/figurative-meaning-of-a-leopard-cannot-change-its-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Figurative Meaning of \u201cA leopard cannot change its spots\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which option has the same meaning as <strong>A leopard cannot change its spots<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>a person cannot easily change their true character<\/li>\n<li>to have something as the main point or result<\/li>\n<li>to think of or produce an idea<\/li>\n<li>temporarily<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3205,3210,3204],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22407","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-behavior-and-character","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-problem-solving","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A leopard cannot change its spots<\/strong> means <strong>a person cannot easily change their true character<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe a fixed habit or nature that usually remains the same.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>He promised to stop cheating, but <strong>a leopard cannot change its spots<\/strong>.<\/li><li>The story teaches that <strong>a leopard cannot change its spots<\/strong>.<\/li><li>She doubted his sudden politeness because <strong>a leopard cannot change its spots<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"a person cannot easily change their true character"},{"right":"no","answer":"to have something as the main point or result"},{"right":"no","answer":"to think of or produce an idea"},{"right":"no","answer":"temporarily"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3205,"title":"Behavior and Character","slug":"behavior-and-character"},{"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\/22407","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=22407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22407"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22407"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}