{"id":22966,"date":"2026-06-21T18:24:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/draw-blood-expression-practice-mcq\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:36","slug":"draw-blood-expression-practice-mcq","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/draw-blood-expression-practice-mcq\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw blood Expression Practice MCQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which option gives the closest meaning of <strong>Draw blood<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>To hurt, wound, or make a successful attack in argument<\/li>\n<li>A very small distance, difference, or margin<\/li>\n<li>A person who prefers fixed routines and familiar ways<\/li>\n<li>To fail completely or produce no result<\/li>\n<li>A strong belief accepted without question<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3210,3212,3213],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-22966","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-exam-preparation","topic-hsc-english-grammar","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Draw blood<\/strong> means <strong>to hurt, wound, or make a successful attack in argument<\/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>The sharp question seemed to <em>draw blood<\/em>.<\/li><li>In an HSC essay, <em>Draw blood<\/em> can express this meaning: <strong>to hurt, wound, or make a successful attack in argument<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When this expression appears in a passage, connect <em>Draw blood<\/em> with the idea of <strong>to hurt, wound, or make a successful attack in argument<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"To hurt, wound, or make a successful attack in argument"},{"right":"no","answer":"A very small distance, difference, or margin"},{"right":"no","answer":"A person who prefers fixed routines and familiar ways"},{"right":"no","answer":"To fail completely or produce no result"},{"right":"no","answer":"A strong belief accepted without question"}],"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":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"},{"id":3213,"title":"HSC English Grammar","slug":"hsc-english-grammar"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22966","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=22966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22966"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22966"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}