{"id":22475,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/down-in-the-dumps-sense-and-usage\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:38","slug":"down-in-the-dumps-sense-and-usage","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/down-in-the-dumps-sense-and-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Down in the dumps Sense and Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What idea is usually expressed by <strong>Down in the dumps<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>an accidental mistake in speaking<\/li>\n<li>sad or unhappy<\/li>\n<li>to be watchful and ready for danger or action<\/li>\n<li>to cancel something<\/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-22475","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-emotions-and-feelings","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Down in the dumps<\/strong> means <strong>sad or unhappy<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe feeling low in mood.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>He was <strong>down in the dumps<\/strong> after losing the match.<\/li><li>A kind word helped her feel less <strong>down in the dumps<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Do not stay <strong>down in the dumps<\/strong>; try again.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"an accidental mistake in speaking"},{"right":"yes","answer":"sad or unhappy"},{"right":"no","answer":"to be watchful and ready for danger or action"},{"right":"no","answer":"to cancel something"}],"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\/22475","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=22475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22475"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22475"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}