{"id":4404,"date":"2021-01-15T18:07:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T12:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4404"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:09","slug":"our-school-is-within-a-stones-throw-of-the-railway-station","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/our-school-is-within-a-stones-throw-of-the-railway-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Within a Stone&#8217;s Throw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>within a stone&#8217;s throw<\/strong> mean?<br>Our school is <strong>within a stone&#8217;s throw<\/strong> of the railway station.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>very far away<\/li>\n<li>within a certain radius<\/li>\n<li>at a short distance<\/li>\n<li>within a definite distance<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3130],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494,2495,1894],"class_list":["post-4404","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 library is within a stone&#x27;s throw of my house.<\/em> <em>Their office is within a stone&#x27;s throw of the bus stop.<\/em><\/p><p>The idiom suggests nearness, not an exact measured distance.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"very far away"},{"right":"no","answer":"within a certain radius"},{"right":"yes","answer":"at a short distance"},{"right":"no","answer":"within a definite distance"}],"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\/4404","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=4404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4404"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4404"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}