{"id":22677,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/correct-meaning-of-at-the-mercy-of\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:29","slug":"correct-meaning-of-at-the-mercy-of","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/correct-meaning-of-at-the-mercy-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Correct Meaning of At the mercy of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom <strong>At the mercy of<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>With all belongings; completely<\/li>\n<li>Completely controlled by someone or something<\/li>\n<li>Being the person who suffers or is affected by something<\/li>\n<li>Available for someone to use<\/li>\n<li>Force someone to obey or submit<\/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-22677","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>At the mercy of<\/strong> means <strong>completely controlled by someone or something<\/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 mercy of<\/em> can refer to a situation involving completely controlled by someone or something.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>At the mercy of<\/em> when describing a situation involving completely controlled by someone or something.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>At the mercy of<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201ccompletely controlled by someone or something.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"With all belongings; completely"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Completely controlled by someone or something"},{"right":"no","answer":"Being the person who suffers or is affected by something"},{"right":"no","answer":"Available for someone to use"},{"right":"no","answer":"Force someone to obey or submit"}],"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\/22677","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=22677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22677"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22677"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}