{"id":2472,"date":"2016-07-04T01:54:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/the-phrase-by-all-means-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:13","slug":"the-phrase-by-all-means-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/the-phrase-by-all-means-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of By All Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the phrase <strong>by all means<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>uncertainty<\/li>\n<li>meaningful<\/li>\n<li>certainly<\/li>\n<li>by any dishonest method<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3172],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494,2495,1894],"class_list":["post-2472","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-permission-and-agreement","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-6","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>certainly<\/strong> is correct because <strong>by all means<\/strong> means certainly, yes, or of course.<\/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>By all means, ask your question.<\/em> <em>You may borrow my pen, by all means.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase is a polite way to give permission or agreement; it does not mean uncertainty.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"uncertainty"},{"right":"no","answer":"meaningful"},{"right":"yes","answer":"certainly"},{"right":"no","answer":"by any dishonest method"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3172,"title":"Permission and Agreement","slug":"permission-and-agreement"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2472","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=2472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2472"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2472"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}