{"id":2488,"date":"2016-07-04T01:24:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/in-own-light-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:12","slug":"in-own-light-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/in-own-light-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand in One&#8217;s Own Light Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>stand in one&#039;s own light<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>remain ignorant<\/li>\n<li>pay for it<\/li>\n<li>use all our power<\/li>\n<li>make a mistake socially<\/li>\n<li>act against one&#8217;s own interests and hinder one&#8217;s own advancement<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3158],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896,1895],"class_list":["post-2488","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-self-sabotage","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>act against one&#x27;s own interests and hinder one&#x27;s own advancement<\/strong> is correct because <strong>stand in one's own light<\/strong> means to harm one's own chances or progress by one's actions.<\/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>If you refuse every opportunity, you stand in your own light.<\/em> <em>A student stands in his own light when he ignores helpful feedback.<\/em><\/p><p>This idiom is about hurting one's own progress, not ordinary ignorance or social embarrassment.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"remain ignorant"},{"right":"no","answer":"pay for it"},{"right":"no","answer":"use all our power"},{"right":"no","answer":"make a mistake socially"},{"right":"yes","answer":"act against one's own interests and hinder one's own advancement"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3158,"title":"Self-Sabotage","slug":"self-sabotage"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2488","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=2488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2488"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2488"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}