{"id":4403,"date":"2021-01-15T17:40:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T11:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4403"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:09","slug":"deepak-did-not-care-for-his-family-he-wanted-to-gather-roses-only","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/deepak-did-not-care-for-his-family-he-wanted-to-gather-roses-only\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Gather Roses Only"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>gather roses only<\/strong> mean?<br>Deepak did not care for his family; he <strong>wanted to gather roses only<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to obtain fame by hard work<\/li>\n<li>to seek all enjoyments of life<\/li>\n<li>to save money miserly<\/li>\n<li>to describe the past positively<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3131],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896,1895],"class_list":["post-4403","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-pleasure-and-responsibility","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>to seek all enjoyments of life<\/strong> is correct because <strong>gather roses only<\/strong> means to seek pleasure and enjoyment while avoiding serious duties or responsibilities.<\/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>He wanted to gather roses only and ignored the hard work needed for success.<\/em> <em>A responsible person cannot gather roses only while others do all the difficult tasks.<\/em><\/p><p>The sentence contrasts family responsibility with the desire for enjoyment, so the pleasure-related meaning fits best.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to obtain fame by hard work"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to seek all enjoyments of life"},{"right":"no","answer":"to save money miserly"},{"right":"no","answer":"to describe the past positively"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3131,"title":"Pleasure and Responsibility","slug":"pleasure-and-responsibility"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/4403","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=4403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4403"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4403"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}