{"id":22764,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/learn-the-phrase-fish-in-troubled-waters-for-ssc\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:33","slug":"learn-the-phrase-fish-in-troubled-waters-for-ssc","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/learn-the-phrase-fish-in-troubled-waters-for-ssc\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn the Phrase Fish in troubled waters for SSC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the phrase <strong>Fish in troubled waters<\/strong> suggest?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Control people by making them disagree with each other<\/li>\n<li>Avoid someone or something<\/li>\n<li>Whether the result is good or bad<\/li>\n<li>Bravery gained from drinking alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Try to gain advantage from a confused situation<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3212,3204],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22764","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","topic-problem-solving","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Fish in troubled waters<\/strong> means <strong>try to gain advantage from a confused situation<\/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>Fish in troubled waters<\/em> can refer to a situation involving try to gain advantage from a confused situation.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Fish in troubled waters<\/em> when describing a situation involving try to gain advantage from a confused situation.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Fish in troubled waters<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201ctry to gain advantage from a confused situation.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Control people by making them disagree with each other"},{"right":"no","answer":"Avoid someone or something"},{"right":"no","answer":"Whether the result is good or bad"},{"right":"no","answer":"Bravery gained from drinking alcohol"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Try to gain advantage from a confused situation"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"},{"id":3204,"title":"Problem Solving","slug":"problem-solving"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22764","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=22764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22764"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22764"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}