{"id":22608,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/learn-the-phrase-a-close-shave-for-ssc\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:27","slug":"learn-the-phrase-a-close-shave-for-ssc","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/learn-the-phrase-a-close-shave-for-ssc\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn the Phrase A close shave for SSC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the figurative meaning of <strong>A close shave<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>A kind person who helps someone in trouble<\/li>\n<li>A completely different matter<\/li>\n<li>An unpleasant fact that is difficult to accept<\/li>\n<li>A narrow escape from danger or trouble<\/li>\n<li>A person who is highly educated and skilled in literature<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3212,3206],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22608","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","topic-success-and-failure","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A close shave<\/strong> means <strong>a narrow escape from danger or trouble<\/strong>. This answer is correct because the expression has a fixed figurative meaning in English. In an SSC idiom question, students should match the whole phrase with its accepted meaning rather than translate each word separately.<\/p><ul><li><strong>Classroom example:<\/strong> <em>A close shave<\/em> can refer to a narrow escape from danger or trouble.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>A close shave<\/em> when describing a narrow escape from danger or trouble.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>A close shave<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201ca narrow escape from danger or trouble.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"A kind person who helps someone in trouble"},{"right":"no","answer":"A completely different matter"},{"right":"no","answer":"An unpleasant fact that is difficult to accept"},{"right":"yes","answer":"A narrow escape from danger or trouble"},{"right":"no","answer":"A person who is highly educated and skilled in literature"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"},{"id":3206,"title":"Success and Failure","slug":"success-and-failure"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22608","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=22608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22608"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22608"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}