{"id":22478,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/understanding-drop-a-hint\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:38","slug":"understanding-drop-a-hint","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/understanding-drop-a-hint\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding \u201cDrop a hint\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pick the correct interpretation of <strong>Drop a hint<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>a constant source of annoyance or trouble<\/li>\n<li>to suggest something indirectly<\/li>\n<li>to finish something before a deadline<\/li>\n<li>to see something briefly<\/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-22478","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Drop a hint<\/strong> means <strong>to suggest something indirectly<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe giving a small clue without saying the matter directly.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>She tried to <strong>drop a hint<\/strong> about the surprise party.<\/li><li>The teacher <strong>dropped a hint<\/strong> about the test topic.<\/li><li>He <strong>dropped a hint<\/strong> that he wanted a book.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"a constant source of annoyance or trouble"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to suggest something indirectly"},{"right":"no","answer":"to finish something before a deadline"},{"right":"no","answer":"to see something briefly"}],"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\/22478","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=22478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22478"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22478"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}