{"id":4153,"date":"2020-06-29T11:03:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T11:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4153"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:10","slug":"the-two-friends-are-now-at-daggers-drawn-over-a-petty-issue","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/the-two-friends-are-now-at-daggers-drawn-over-a-petty-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of At Daggers Drawn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>at daggers drawn<\/strong> mean?<br>The two friends are now <strong>at daggers drawn<\/strong> over a petty issue.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>frustrated<\/li>\n<li>extremely angry or hostile<\/li>\n<li>friendly<\/li>\n<li>competitors<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3139],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894,1896,1895],"class_list":["post-4153","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-conflict-idioms","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>extremely angry or hostile<\/strong> is correct because <strong>at daggers drawn<\/strong> means in a state of strong disagreement, anger, or hostility.<\/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 two neighbors were at daggers drawn over the boundary wall.<\/em> <em>The rival groups have been at daggers drawn for years.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase suggests serious hostility; it is stronger than simple frustration.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"frustrated"},{"right":"yes","answer":"extremely angry or hostile"},{"right":"no","answer":"friendly"},{"right":"no","answer":"competitors"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3139,"title":"Conflict Idioms","slug":"conflict-idioms"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/4153","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=4153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4153"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4153"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}