{"id":2489,"date":"2016-07-04T01:23:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/to-put-foot-in-it-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:12","slug":"to-put-foot-in-it-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/to-put-foot-in-it-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Put One&#8217;s Foot in It Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>put one&#039;s foot in it<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>with all our power<\/li>\n<li>to blunder or get into a scrape<\/li>\n<li>faithful to their employers<\/li>\n<li>pay for it<\/li>\n<li>made him quite vain<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3157],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2495,1894,1895],"class_list":["post-2489","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-mistakes-and-embarrassment","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>to blunder or get into a scrape<\/strong> is correct because <strong>put one's foot in it<\/strong> means to say or do something foolish, embarrassing, or troublesome.<\/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 put my foot in it when I forgot her name.<\/em> <em>He put his foot in it by criticizing the plan in front of the manager.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase describes an embarrassing mistake, not payment, loyalty, power, or vanity.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"with all our power"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to blunder or get into a scrape"},{"right":"no","answer":"faithful to their employers"},{"right":"no","answer":"pay for it"},{"right":"no","answer":"made him quite vain"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3157,"title":"Mistakes and Embarrassment","slug":"mistakes-and-embarrassment"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2489","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=2489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2489"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2489"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}