{"id":2481,"date":"2016-07-04T01:33:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/thrown-out-of-gear-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:12","slug":"thrown-out-of-gear-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/thrown-out-of-gear-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrown Out of Gear Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>thrown out of gear<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>disturbed the working of<\/li>\n<li>with all our power<\/li>\n<li>made him quite vain<\/li>\n<li>out of favor with him<\/li>\n<li>in keeping<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3164],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894,1896,1895],"class_list":["post-2481","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-disruption-and-problems","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>disturbed the working of<\/strong> is correct because <strong>thrown out of gear<\/strong> means disrupted normal operation or disturbed how something works.<\/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>The sudden power failure threw the factory out of gear.<\/em> <em>One missing file threw the whole project out of gear.<\/em><\/p><p>The idiom is about disruption, not favor, vanity, effort, or suitability.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"disturbed the working of"},{"right":"no","answer":"with all our power"},{"right":"no","answer":"made him quite vain"},{"right":"no","answer":"out of favor with him"},{"right":"no","answer":"in keeping"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3164,"title":"Disruption and Problems","slug":"disruption-and-problems"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2481","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=2481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}