{"id":22814,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/hot-under-the-collar-usage-and-meaning-quiz\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:35","slug":"hot-under-the-collar-usage-and-meaning-quiz","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/hot-under-the-collar-usage-and-meaning-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot under the collar Usage and Meaning Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In English, what is meant by <strong>Hot under the collar<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Nobody knows; it is uncertain<\/li>\n<li>In serious difficulty<\/li>\n<li>Angry or annoyed<\/li>\n<li>Have no connection or effect<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3201,3212,3204],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22814","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-emotions-and-feelings","topic-exam-preparation","topic-problem-solving","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Hot under the collar<\/strong> means <strong>angry or annoyed<\/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>Hot under the collar<\/em> can refer to a situation involving angry or annoyed.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Hot under the collar<\/em> when describing a situation involving angry or annoyed.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Hot under the collar<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cangry or annoyed.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Nobody knows; it is uncertain"},{"right":"no","answer":"In serious difficulty"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Angry or annoyed"},{"right":"no","answer":"Have no connection or effect"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3201,"title":"Emotions and Feelings","slug":"emotions-and-feelings"},{"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\/22814","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=22814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22814"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22814"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}