{"id":2487,"date":"2016-07-04T01:27:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/quite-at-sea-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:12","slug":"quite-at-sea-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/quite-at-sea-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Quite at Sea Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>quite at sea<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>perplexed and at a loss about what to do<\/li>\n<li>made him quite vain<\/li>\n<li>with all our power<\/li>\n<li>faithful to their employers<\/li>\n<li>ran off<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3159],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894,1896,1895],"class_list":["post-2487","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-confusion-idioms","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>perplexed and at a loss about what to do<\/strong> is correct because <strong>quite at sea<\/strong> means confused, puzzled, or unsure what to do.<\/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>I was quite at sea when I first saw the advanced math problem.<\/em> <em>The new student felt quite at sea on his first day.<\/em><\/p><p>The idiom means mental confusion, not physical travel by sea.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"perplexed and at a loss about what to do"},{"right":"no","answer":"made him quite vain"},{"right":"no","answer":"with all our power"},{"right":"no","answer":"faithful to their employers"},{"right":"no","answer":"ran off"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3159,"title":"Confusion Idioms","slug":"confusion-idioms"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2487","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=2487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2487"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2487"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}