{"id":22524,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-usage-review-in-a-tight-corner\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:47","slug":"english-usage-review-in-a-tight-corner","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-usage-review-in-a-tight-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"English Usage Review: \u201cIn a tight corner\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the figurative use of <strong>In a tight corner<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>not to mention; even less<\/li>\n<li>in a difficult situation with few choices<\/li>\n<li>to return money or repay a wrong<\/li>\n<li>to break a promise or fail to keep one&#8217;s word<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210,3204],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22524","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-problem-solving","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>In a tight corner<\/strong> means <strong>in a difficult situation with few choices<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe facing pressure where it is hard to find a solution.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>Missing the last bus put us <strong>in a tight corner<\/strong>.<\/li><li>The captain was <strong>in a tight corner<\/strong> after two players were injured.<\/li><li>A sudden deadline left the group <strong>in a tight corner<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"not to mention; even less"},{"right":"yes","answer":"in a difficult situation with few choices"},{"right":"no","answer":"to return money or repay a wrong"},{"right":"no","answer":"to break a promise or fail to keep one's word"}],"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":3204,"title":"Problem Solving","slug":"problem-solving"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22524","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=22524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22524"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22524"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}