{"id":2474,"date":"2016-07-04T01:52:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/complete-the-sentence-with-the-appropriate-idiom-i-want-to-settle-the-issue_____\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:13","slug":"complete-the-sentence-with-the-appropriate-idiom-i-want-to-settle-the-issue_____","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/complete-the-sentence-with-the-appropriate-idiom-i-want-to-settle-the-issue_____\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete the Sentence with Once and for All"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Choose the best idiom or phrase to complete the sentence:<br>I want to settle the issue _____.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>once or twice<\/li>\n<li>once and for all<\/li>\n<li>once again<\/li>\n<li>once in a blue moon<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3171],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494,2495,1894],"class_list":["post-2474","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-finality-and-resolution","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-6","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>once and for all<\/strong> is correct because <strong>once and for all<\/strong> means finally and permanently, so that the matter is settled completely.<\/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>We need to solve this problem once and for all.<\/em> <em>The judge settled the dispute once and for all.<\/em><\/p><p>The sentence is about settling an issue completely, so the other time expressions do not fit.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"once or twice"},{"right":"yes","answer":"once and for all"},{"right":"no","answer":"once again"},{"right":"no","answer":"once in a blue moon"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3171,"title":"Finality and Resolution","slug":"finality-and-resolution"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2474","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=2474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2474"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2474"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}