{"id":2490,"date":"2016-07-04T01:22:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/foot-the-bill-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:11","slug":"foot-the-bill-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/foot-the-bill-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Foot the Bill Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>foot the bill<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>stay loyal to employers<\/li>\n<li>pay for it<\/li>\n<li>run away<\/li>\n<li>use all our power<\/li>\n<li>remain in ignorance<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3143],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494,2495,1894],"class_list":["post-2490","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-payment-expressions","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-6","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>pay for it<\/strong> is correct because <strong>foot the bill<\/strong> means to pay the cost or expenses for something.<\/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>My uncle agreed to foot the bill for dinner.<\/em> <em>The company had to foot the bill for the damaged equipment.<\/em><\/p><p>The idiom uses <strong>foot<\/strong> figuratively; it means paying the cost, not using a body part.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"stay loyal to employers"},{"right":"yes","answer":"pay for it"},{"right":"no","answer":"run away"},{"right":"no","answer":"use all our power"},{"right":"no","answer":"remain in ignorance"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3143,"title":"Payment Expressions","slug":"payment-expressions"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2490","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=2490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2490"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2490"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}