{"id":22480,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/context-clues-for-end-in-smoke\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:38","slug":"context-clues-for-end-in-smoke","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/context-clues-for-end-in-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Context Clues for \u201cEnd in smoke\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The idiom <strong>End in smoke<\/strong> is closest in meaning to which option?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to fail or produce no result<\/li>\n<li>threatening in words but not harmful in action<\/li>\n<li>the hidden or implied meaning<\/li>\n<li>to offer help or information<\/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-22480","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>End in smoke<\/strong> means <strong>to fail or produce no result<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe plans or hopes that disappear without success.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>Their careless plan <strong>ended in smoke<\/strong>.<\/li><li>The discussion may <strong>end in smoke<\/strong> without action.<\/li><li>His dream of winning <strong>ended in smoke<\/strong> after the injury.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"to fail or produce no result"},{"right":"no","answer":"threatening in words but not harmful in action"},{"right":"no","answer":"the hidden or implied meaning"},{"right":"no","answer":"to offer help or information"}],"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\/22480","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=22480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22480"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22480"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}