{"id":22470,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/understanding-figurative-language-cut-a-long-story-short\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:37","slug":"understanding-figurative-language-cut-a-long-story-short","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/understanding-figurative-language-cut-a-long-story-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Figurative Language: Cut a long story short"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the correct sense of <strong>Cut a long story short<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>a person cannot easily change their true character<\/li>\n<li>to withdraw from a promise or agreement<\/li>\n<li>to tell only the main points<\/li>\n<li>to reveal, publish, or make something noticeable<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3202,3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22470","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-communication","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Cut a long story short<\/strong> means <strong>to tell only the main points<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe making a story or explanation brief.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Cut a long story short<\/strong>, we missed the bus.<\/li><li>To <strong>cut a long story short<\/strong>, the plan failed.<\/li><li>He <strong>cut a long story short<\/strong> and gave the result.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"a person cannot easily change their true character"},{"right":"no","answer":"to withdraw from a promise or agreement"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to tell only the main points"},{"right":"no","answer":"to reveal, publish, or make something noticeable"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3202,"title":"Communication","slug":"communication"},{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22470","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=22470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22470"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22470"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}