{"id":22985,"date":"2026-06-21T18:24:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/learn-the-meaning-of-go-against-the-tide\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:37","slug":"learn-the-meaning-of-go-against-the-tide","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/learn-the-meaning-of-go-against-the-tide\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn the Meaning of Go against the tide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In English grammar, how should <strong>Go against the tide<\/strong> be understood?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>A practical, realistic, and sensible way of dealing with something<\/li>\n<li>To demand an explanation or hold someone responsible<\/li>\n<li>To fail to continue or be abandoned<\/li>\n<li>To oppose the usual opinion, trend, or direction<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3210,3213,3206],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-22985","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-hsc-english-grammar","topic-success-and-failure","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Go against the tide<\/strong> means <strong>to oppose the usual opinion, trend, or direction<\/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 scientist was brave enough to <em>go against the tide<\/em>.<\/li><li>In an HSC essay, <em>Go against the tide<\/em> can express this meaning: <strong>to oppose the usual opinion, trend, or direction<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When this expression appears in a passage, connect <em>Go against the tide<\/em> with the idea of <strong>to oppose the usual opinion, trend, or direction<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"A practical, realistic, and sensible way of dealing with something"},{"right":"no","answer":"To demand an explanation or hold someone responsible"},{"right":"no","answer":"To fail to continue or be abandoned"},{"right":"yes","answer":"To oppose the usual opinion, trend, or direction"}],"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":3213,"title":"HSC English Grammar","slug":"hsc-english-grammar"},{"id":3206,"title":"Success and Failure","slug":"success-and-failure"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22985","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=22985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22985"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22985"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}