{"id":22706,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/by-a-hairs-breadth-usage-and-meaning-quiz\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:31","slug":"by-a-hairs-breadth-usage-and-meaning-quiz","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/by-a-hairs-breadth-usage-and-meaning-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"By a hair&#8217;s breadth Usage and Meaning Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which answer best defines <strong>By a hair&#8217;s breadth<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Win or succeed in a contest or argument<\/li>\n<li>Control a difficult situation<\/li>\n<li>By a very small distance or amount<\/li>\n<li>Pass from one owner to another<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3212],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22706","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>By a hair's breadth<\/strong> means <strong>by a very small distance or amount<\/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>By a hair's breadth<\/em> can refer to a situation involving by a very small distance or amount.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>By a hair's breadth<\/em> when describing a situation involving by a very small distance or amount.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>By a hair's breadth<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cby a very small distance or amount.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Win or succeed in a contest or argument"},{"right":"no","answer":"Control a difficult situation"},{"right":"yes","answer":"By a very small distance or amount"},{"right":"no","answer":"Pass from one owner to another"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3203,"title":"Academic Vocabulary","slug":"academic-vocabulary"},{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22706","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=22706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22706"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22706"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}