{"id":2486,"date":"2016-07-04T01:28:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/in-his-bad-books-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:12","slug":"in-his-bad-books-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/in-his-bad-books-means\/","title":{"rendered":"In His Bad Books Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>in his bad books<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>ran off<\/li>\n<li>faithful to their employers<\/li>\n<li>made him quite vain<\/li>\n<li>out of favor with him<\/li>\n<li>with all our power<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3160],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2495,1894,1895],"class_list":["post-2486","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-approval-and-disapproval","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>out of favor with him<\/strong> is correct because <strong>in his bad books<\/strong> means no longer liked, trusted, or approved by someone.<\/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>He was in his teacher&#x27;s bad books after missing three assignments.<\/em> <em>The player got in the coach&#x27;s bad books for breaking team rules.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase is about disapproval, not running away, loyalty, vanity, or force.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"ran off"},{"right":"no","answer":"faithful to their employers"},{"right":"no","answer":"made him quite vain"},{"right":"yes","answer":"out of favor with him"},{"right":"no","answer":"with all our power"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3160,"title":"Approval and Disapproval","slug":"approval-and-disapproval"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2486","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=2486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2486"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2486"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}