{"id":2465,"date":"2016-07-04T01:59:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/hitting-below-the-belt-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:13","slug":"hitting-below-the-belt-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/hitting-below-the-belt-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitting Below the Belt Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>hitting below the belt<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>striking someone in the abdomen<\/li>\n<li>injuring someone fatally<\/li>\n<li>doing something unfair in a competition<\/li>\n<li>beating someone in a competition<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3179],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894,1896,1895],"class_list":["post-2465","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-fairness-and-unfairness","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>doing something unfair in a competition<\/strong> is correct because <strong>hitting below the belt<\/strong> means doing something unfair, cruel, or against accepted rules.<\/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>Mocking his family during the debate was hitting below the belt.<\/em> <em>Sharing private information to win an argument is hitting below the belt.<\/em><\/p><p>The idiom comes from boxing, but in common use it means acting unfairly.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"striking someone in the abdomen"},{"right":"no","answer":"injuring someone fatally"},{"right":"yes","answer":"doing something unfair in a competition"},{"right":"no","answer":"beating someone in a competition"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3179,"title":"Fairness and Unfairness","slug":"fairness-and-unfairness"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2465","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=2465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2465"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2465"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}