{"id":22742,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/dig-ones-heels-in-usage-and-meaning-quiz\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:32","slug":"dig-ones-heels-in-usage-and-meaning-quiz","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/dig-ones-heels-in-usage-and-meaning-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig one&#8217;s heels in Usage and Meaning Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For SSC English, identify the meaning of <strong>Dig one&#8217;s heels in<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Be ignored<\/li>\n<li>For a future time of need<\/li>\n<li>Refuse to change one&#8217;s mind<\/li>\n<li>Strongly opposed to something<\/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-22742","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Dig one's heels in<\/strong> means <strong>refuse to change one's mind<\/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>Dig one's heels in<\/em> can refer to a situation involving refuse to change one's mind.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Dig one's heels in<\/em> when describing a situation involving refuse to change one's mind.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Dig one's heels in<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201crefuse to change one's mind.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Be ignored"},{"right":"no","answer":"For a future time of need"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Refuse to change one's mind"},{"right":"no","answer":"Strongly opposed to something"}],"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\/22742","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=22742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22742"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22742"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}