{"id":22934,"date":"2026-06-21T18:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/hsc-english-quiz-on-bite-the-hand-that-feeds-you\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:35","slug":"hsc-english-quiz-on-bite-the-hand-that-feeds-you","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/hsc-english-quiz-on-bite-the-hand-that-feeds-you\/","title":{"rendered":"HSC English Quiz on Bite the hand that feeds you"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Choose the correct meaning of <strong>Bite the hand that feeds you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>To become no longer popular or common<\/li>\n<li>In a less favorable or weaker position<\/li>\n<li>A loud public protest or strong complaint<\/li>\n<li>To harm or criticize someone who helps or supports you<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3205,3210,3213],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-22934","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-behavior-and-character","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-hsc-english-grammar","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Bite the hand that feeds you<\/strong> means <strong>to harm or criticize someone who helps or supports you<\/strong>. The correct answer is this meaning because the expression is used figuratively, not only by its literal words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Insulting your sponsor is like <em>biting the hand that feeds you<\/em>.<\/li><li>In an HSC essay, <em>Bite the hand that feeds you<\/em> can express this meaning: <strong>to harm or criticize someone who helps or supports you<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When this expression appears in a passage, connect <em>Bite the hand that feeds you<\/em> with the idea of <strong>to harm or criticize someone who helps or supports you<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"To become no longer popular or common"},{"right":"no","answer":"In a less favorable or weaker position"},{"right":"no","answer":"A loud public protest or strong complaint"},{"right":"yes","answer":"To harm or criticize someone who helps or supports you"}],"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":3205,"title":"Behavior and Character","slug":"behavior-and-character"},{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3213,"title":"HSC English Grammar","slug":"hsc-english-grammar"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22934","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=22934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22934"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22934"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}