{"id":2480,"date":"2016-07-04T01:34:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/gall-and-wormwood-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:12","slug":"gall-and-wormwood-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/gall-and-wormwood-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Gall and Wormwood Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>gall and wormwood<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>hateful<\/li>\n<li>out of favor with him<\/li>\n<li>deeply appealed to them<\/li>\n<li>in keeping<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3165],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-2480","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-bitterness-and-dislike","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>hateful<\/strong> is correct because <strong>gall and wormwood<\/strong> means something extremely bitter, hateful, or deeply unpleasant.<\/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>His insult was gall and wormwood to her.<\/em> <em>The unfair decision was gall and wormwood to the losing team.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase expresses bitterness and hatred, not approval or emotional appeal.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"hateful"},{"right":"no","answer":"out of favor with him"},{"right":"no","answer":"deeply appealed to them"},{"right":"no","answer":"in keeping"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3165,"title":"Bitterness and Dislike","slug":"bitterness-and-dislike"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2480","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=2480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2480"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2480"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}