{"id":2492,"date":"2016-07-04T01:19:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/by-long-odds-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:11","slug":"by-long-odds-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/by-long-odds-means\/","title":{"rendered":"By Long Odds Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the phrase <strong>by long odds<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>ran off<\/li>\n<li>in ignorance<\/li>\n<li>most decidedly<\/li>\n<li>faithful to their employers<\/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":[3155],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896,1895],"class_list":["post-2492","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-emphasis-expressions","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>most decidedly<\/strong> is correct because <strong>by long odds<\/strong> means by far, certainly, or most decidedly.<\/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>She is, by long odds, the best speaker in the class.<\/em> <em>This is, by long odds, the most difficult question on the test.<\/em><\/p><p>The expression is used for strong comparison or emphasis, not for running away or being faithful.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"ran off"},{"right":"no","answer":"in ignorance"},{"right":"yes","answer":"most decidedly"},{"right":"no","answer":"faithful to their employers"},{"right":"no","answer":"made him quite vain"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3155,"title":"Emphasis Expressions","slug":"emphasis-expressions"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2492","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=2492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}