{"id":22690,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-grammar-quiz-bite-ones-tongue\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:30","slug":"english-grammar-quiz-bite-ones-tongue","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-grammar-quiz-bite-ones-tongue\/","title":{"rendered":"English Grammar Quiz: Bite one&#8217;s tongue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pick the correct meaning of the expression <strong>Bite one&#8217;s tongue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Happening privately, not in public view<\/li>\n<li>Not relevant to the matter being discussed<\/li>\n<li>Stop oneself from saying something<\/li>\n<li>Cause doubt about something<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3202,3212],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22690","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-communication","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Bite one's tongue<\/strong> means <strong>stop oneself from saying 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>Bite one's tongue<\/em> can refer to a situation involving stop oneself from saying something.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Bite one's tongue<\/em> when describing a situation involving stop oneself from saying something.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Bite one's tongue<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cstop oneself from saying something.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Happening privately, not in public view"},{"right":"no","answer":"Not relevant to the matter being discussed"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Stop oneself from saying something"},{"right":"no","answer":"Cause doubt about something"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3202,"title":"Communication","slug":"communication"},{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22690","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=22690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22690"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22690"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}