{"id":22438,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-grammar-practice-with-bear-the-brunt\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:36","slug":"english-grammar-practice-with-bear-the-brunt","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-grammar-practice-with-bear-the-brunt\/","title":{"rendered":"English Grammar Practice with \u201cBear the brunt\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pick the correct interpretation of <strong>Bear the brunt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>sad or unhappy<\/li>\n<li>to become involved in difficulty or punishment<\/li>\n<li>to suffer the worst part of something<\/li>\n<li>a very difficult job or challenge<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22438","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Bear the brunt<\/strong> means <strong>to suffer the worst part of something<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe receiving the strongest impact of a problem or attack.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The coastal village had to <strong>bear the brunt<\/strong> of the cyclone.<\/li><li>The captain <strong>bore the brunt<\/strong> of the criticism.<\/li><li>Small shops <strong>bore the brunt<\/strong> of the long power cut.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"sad or unhappy"},{"right":"no","answer":"to become involved in difficulty or punishment"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to suffer the worst part of something"},{"right":"no","answer":"a very difficult job or challenge"}],"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\/22438","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=22438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22438"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22438"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}