{"id":4149,"date":"2020-06-29T10:49:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T10:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4149"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:10","slug":"goods-will-be-delivered-if-you-pay-on-the-nail","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/goods-will-be-delivered-if-you-pay-on-the-nail\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Pay on the Nail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>pay on the nail<\/strong> mean?<br>Goods will be delivered if you <strong>pay on the nail<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>pay promptly<\/li>\n<li>pay only in cash<\/li>\n<li>pay the full amount later<\/li>\n<li>pay within the given time<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3143],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894,1896,1895],"class_list":["post-4149","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-payment-expressions","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>pay promptly<\/strong> is correct because <strong>pay on the nail<\/strong> means to pay immediately or promptly.<\/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 seller wanted us to pay on the nail before shipping the order.<\/em> <em>He paid on the nail and received the documents at once.<\/em><\/p><p>The idiom stresses prompt payment, not necessarily payment by cash or payment later.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"pay promptly"},{"right":"no","answer":"pay only in cash"},{"right":"no","answer":"pay the full amount later"},{"right":"no","answer":"pay within the given time"}],"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\/4149","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4149"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4149"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}