{"id":22676,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/ssc-practice-on-the-idiom-at-the-end-of-ones-tether\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:29","slug":"ssc-practice-on-the-idiom-at-the-end-of-ones-tether","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/ssc-practice-on-the-idiom-at-the-end-of-ones-tether\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Practice on the Idiom At the end of one&#8217;s tether"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which answer best defines <strong>At the end of one&#8217;s tether<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Watch or pressure someone very closely<\/li>\n<li>Exhausted from arguing or trying without success<\/li>\n<li>Keep changing one&#8217;s opinion or attitude<\/li>\n<li>Unable to deal with a difficult situation any longer<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3212],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22676","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>At the end of one's tether<\/strong> means <strong>unable to deal with a difficult situation any longer<\/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>At the end of one's tether<\/em> can refer to a situation involving unable to deal with a difficult situation any longer.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>At the end of one's tether<\/em> when describing a situation involving unable to deal with a difficult situation any longer.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>At the end of one's tether<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cunable to deal with a difficult situation any longer.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Watch or pressure someone very closely"},{"right":"no","answer":"Exhausted from arguing or trying without success"},{"right":"no","answer":"Keep changing one's opinion or attitude"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Unable to deal with a difficult situation any longer"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22676","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=22676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22676"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22676"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}