{"id":22570,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/phrase-meaning-drill-not-by-a-long-shot\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:50","slug":"phrase-meaning-drill-not-by-a-long-shot","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/phrase-meaning-drill-not-by-a-long-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrase Meaning Drill: Not by a long shot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the correct sense of <strong>Not by a long shot<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to arrange, establish, or create something<\/li>\n<li>responsible for managing something<\/li>\n<li>to guide others or go first<\/li>\n<li>not at all or not nearly<\/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-22570","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-problem-solving","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Not by a long shot<\/strong> means <strong>not at all or not nearly<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe showing that something is far from true or complete.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The work is not finished, <strong>not by a long shot<\/strong>.<\/li><li>He is not the best player, <strong>not by a long shot<\/strong>.<\/li><li>This answer is not correct, <strong>not by a long shot<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to arrange, establish, or create something"},{"right":"no","answer":"responsible for managing something"},{"right":"no","answer":"to guide others or go first"},{"right":"yes","answer":"not at all or not nearly"}],"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\/22570","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=22570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22570"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22570"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}