{"id":2463,"date":"2016-07-04T02:01:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T20:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/at-a-low-ebb-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:14","slug":"at-a-low-ebb-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/at-a-low-ebb-means\/","title":{"rendered":"At a Low Ebb Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>at a low ebb<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>at a low point<\/li>\n<li>increasing<\/li>\n<li>still<\/li>\n<li>invalid<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3181],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894,1896,1895],"class_list":["post-2463","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-weakness-and-decline","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>at a low point<\/strong> is correct because <strong>at a low ebb<\/strong> means in a weak, low, or poor condition.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>After the defeat, the team&#x27;s confidence was at a low ebb.<\/em> <em>The company&#x27;s sales were at a low ebb during the crisis.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase describes a low or weak condition, not growth, stillness, or invalidity.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"at a low point"},{"right":"no","answer":"increasing"},{"right":"no","answer":"still"},{"right":"no","answer":"invalid"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3181,"title":"Weakness and Decline","slug":"weakness-and-decline"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2463","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2463"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2463"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}