{"id":22833,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/correct-meaning-of-in-the-blink-of-an-eye\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:36","slug":"correct-meaning-of-in-the-blink-of-an-eye","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/correct-meaning-of-in-the-blink-of-an-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Correct Meaning of In the blink of an eye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the figurative meaning of <strong>In the blink of an eye<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Comfortable and confident doing something<\/li>\n<li>Very quickly<\/li>\n<li>Deliberately and without emotion<\/li>\n<li>Act unfairly or cruelly<\/li>\n<li>Refuse to move back or change one&#8217;s position<\/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-22833","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>In the blink of an eye<\/strong> means <strong>very quickly<\/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>In the blink of an eye<\/em> can refer to a situation involving very quickly.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>In the blink of an eye<\/em> when describing a situation involving very quickly.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>In the blink of an eye<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cvery quickly.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Comfortable and confident doing something"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Very quickly"},{"right":"no","answer":"Deliberately and without emotion"},{"right":"no","answer":"Act unfairly or cruelly"},{"right":"no","answer":"Refuse to move back or change one's position"}],"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\/22833","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=22833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22833"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22833"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}