{"id":2494,"date":"2016-07-04T01:16:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/within-a-stone-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:11","slug":"within-a-stone-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/within-a-stone-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Within a Stone&#8217;s Throw Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the phrase <strong>within a stone&#039;s throw<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>at a short distance<\/li>\n<li>faithful to their employers<\/li>\n<li>far away from a place<\/li>\n<li>in ignorance<\/li>\n<li>faithful to employers<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3130],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494,2495,1894],"class_list":["post-2494","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-distance-expressions","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-6","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>at a short distance<\/strong> is correct because <strong>within a stone's throw<\/strong> means very near or only a short distance away.<\/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>The shop is within a stone&#x27;s throw of the school.<\/em> <em>Our hotel was within a stone&#x27;s throw of the beach.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase describes distance, so the options about faithfulness or ignorance do not fit.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"at a short distance"},{"right":"no","answer":"faithful to their employers"},{"right":"no","answer":"far away from a place"},{"right":"no","answer":"in ignorance"},{"right":"no","answer":"faithful to employers"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3130,"title":"Distance Expressions","slug":"distance-expressions"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2494","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=2494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2494"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2494"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}