What is Idioms and Phrases?

Idioms and Phrases का मतलब होता है, मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ जो हम अपने मातृभाषा में किसी उदाहरण को प्रस्तुत करने के लिए करते है, या किसी को तुलना करने, विषेशता बताने या वर्णन करने के लिए किया जाता है| जैसे एक प्रसिद्ध मुहावरा(Idiom) है, बाल-बाल बचना जिसका मतलब ये होता है की जिसके बारे में बात की जा रही हो वो मनुष्य किसी दुर्घटना या अप्रिय घटना से बिलकुल सटीक समय पर मुसीबत से निकल गया हो|
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Idioms and Phrases in English with Hindi meaning | Idioms and Phrases in English for competitive exams

A bed of roses

फूलों की सेज

Life is not a bed of roses; it is a bed of thorns.

जीवन फूलों की सेज नहीं है; यह कांटों का बिस्तर है।

A black sheep

छोटा पुरुष

There is not a single black sheep.

A child’s play

बच्चों का खेल

To pilot an airplane is not a child’s play.

हवाई जहाज चलाना कोई बच्चों का खेल नहीं है।

A flying visit

थोड़े समय के लिए आना

The Inspector paid a flying visit to our school.

A hair breadth escape

बाल-बाल बचना

He had a hair breadth escape in the car accident.

A laughing stock

उपहास का कारण

Sunny is the laughing stock of our class.

A lion’s share

बहुत बड़ा भाग

The eldest son got the lion’s share of the property.

A maiden speech

पहला भाषण

He cut a sorry figure in his maiden speech.

A man a letters

विद्धान

Tagore was a man of letters.

A past master

निपुण

He is past master in telling lies.

A red letter day

प्रसिद्ध होना

The 26th January is a red letter day in the history of India.

A short cut

छोटा रास्ता, मध्य मार्ग

There is no short cut to success.

A turncoat

अपने पक्ष को छोड़ जाने वाला

He is a turncoat, do not depend on him.

A white elephant

अनावश्यक खर्च वाली वास्तु

\A car is a white elephant for a teacher.

All and sundry

भेदभाव रहित

I invited all and sundry to the feast.

All in all

कर्ताधर्ता

The principal is all in all in our school.

An apple of discord

झगडे की जड़

This pen is an apple of discord between the two friends.

An open secret

खुला भेद

It is an open secret that he is leaving the school.

At a stretch

लगातार

He can work for ten hours at a a stretch.

At the eleventh hour

अंतिम समय पर

The doctor was called in at the eleventh hour.

Bag and baggage

बोरी-बिस्तर समेत

The servant was turned out bag and baggage.

Bread and butter

आजीविका, रोजी-रोटी

Bread and butter is not the sole aim of life.

By hook or by crook

किसी-न-किसी ढंग से

I want to pass the examination by hook by crook.

By leaps and bounds

दिन दुगनी, रात चौगनी

Our school is progressing by leaps and bounds.

Crocodile tears

दिखावटी/बनावटी रोना

She shed crocodile tears over the death of her stepson.

First and foremost

प्रथम व प्रमुख

Our first and foremost duty is to sever our parents.

For good

सदा के लिए

I have left Delhi for good.

For want of

की कमी के कारण

Crops failed for want of rain.

In a body

मिलकर

They went to the principal in a body.

In black and white

लिखकर

He gave his statement in black and white.

In spite of

के बाबजूद

He failed in spite of hard work.

In the long run

अंत में

Honesty pays in the long run.

Kith and kin

संबंधी

He invited his kith and kin to the feast.

Off hand

बिना तैयारी

He can make a speech off hand.

Part and percel

आवश्यक अंश

Every servant is a part and parcel of my family.

Spick and span

तरतीबबार, क्रमशः

Everything in the room was spick and span.

Sum and substance

भावार्थ

Give the sum and substance of this poem.

The three R’s

लिखना, पढ़ना, गिनना

Every citizen must know the three R’s.

Through thick and thin

हर हालत में

My friend stood by me through thick and thin.

Through-and-through

पूर्णतया

We were caught in the rain and got drenched through-and-through.

To add fuel to the fire

जलती पर तेल डालना

His speech only added fuel to the fire.

To and fro

इधर-उधर

He was walking to and fro in the garden.

To be at large

आजाद फिरना

The dacoits are still at large.

To be at one’s beck and call

इशारे पर चलना

My servant is at my beck and call.

To be at sixes and sevens

बिखरे हुए होना

His books are lying at sixes and sevens.

To be cought red-handed

रंगे हाथ पकड़े जाना

The pick-pocket was caught red-handed while picking Ravi’s pocket.

To be hand and glove with

घी-खिचड़ी होना

Ram and Mohan are hand and glove with each other.

To be in a fix

दुविधा में

I am in a fix and do not know what to do.

To be in full swing

पुरे जोरों पर

The fair was in full swing.

To be in the good books of

कृपा दृष्टि में होना

He is in the good books of his teacher.

To be out of pocket

पास में धेला न होना

The robbers robbed him and left him out of pocket.

To be out of shorts

बीमार होना

I am out of shorts today.

to be wide off the mark

विषय से संबंध न रखना

His remark was wide off the mark.

To beat about the bush.

हेर-फेर की बातें करना

Do not beat about the bush, come to the point.

To beat black and blue

मारते-मारते निल डाल देना

The teacher beat the boy black and blue.

To beggar description

वर्णन से बाहर होना

The beauty of the Taj beggars descriptions.

To blow own’s trumpet

अपनी प्रसंशा करना

A vain fellow always blows his own trumpet.

To break the ice

बोलना आरंभ करना

After a long silence, Ram broke the ice.

To break the news

बुरी खबर सुनना

He broke the news of his son’s death to him.

To breathe last

अंतिम सांस लेना, मर जाना

The old man breathed his last this morning.

To build castle in the air

ख्याली पुलाव पकाना

Do not build castles in the air, do something practical and solid.

To burn the candle at both ends

शक्ति व्यर्थ गंवाना

He is burning the candle at both ends and he will soon ruin his health.

To burn the midnight oil

देर रात तक काम करना

Students burn the midnight oil near the examination.

To carry the day

जीत जाना

If war breaks out, India will carry the day.

To come of age

बालिग़/व्यस्क होना

My sister comes of age next year.

To cut a sorry figure

घबरा जाना

He cut a sorry figure in his maiden speech.

To die in harness

काम करते-करते मर जाना

Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri died in harness.

To eat humble pie

शेखी किरकिरी होना

He always boasted of his learning but had to eat humble pie in the debate.

To end in smoke

निष्फल होना

All his schemes ended in smoke for want of money.

To fallow suit

पैरवी करना

One student left the classroom and others followed suit.

To find fault with

दोष लगाना

We should not find fault with others.

To get into hot water

मुसीबत में फंसना

The student got into hot water for using unfair means in the examination.

To go to the dogs

बर्बाद होना

A gambler is sure to go to the dogs.

To have an axe of one’s own to grind

अपना उल्लू सीधा करना

He is always flattering his officers because he has an axe of his own to grind.

To have at one’s finger ends

अच्छी तरह याद होना

This girl has her lesson at her finger ends.

To keep at the arm’s length

दूर रखना

I always keep bad boys at an arm’s length.

To keep in the dark

अँधेरे में रखना

He kept me in the about this matter.

To keep pace with

साथ-साथ चलना

The newcomer cannot keep pace with the class.

To kill two birds with one stone

एक पंथ, दो काज

To deposit money in the bank is to kill two birds with one stone because our money is safe and we get interest too.

To leave no stone unturned

पूरा-पूरा यत्न करना

He left no stone unturned to gain his objective.

To lose heart

हिम्मत हारना

Brave men do not lose heart in difficulties.

To make both ends meet

निर्वाह करना

His salary is so small that he can hardly make both ends meet.

To make good loss

क्षतिपूर्ति करना

I have made good the loss her had done to me.

To mind one’s own business

अपने काम से काम रखना

Do not interfere in my work, you should mind your own business.

To nip in the bud

आरंभ में ही मसल देना

Nip the evil in the bud it will overcome you in the end.

To play false

धोखा देना

I relied on his help, he played me false.

To play in the same coin

नहले पर दहला

He rebuked me and I paid him back in the same coin.

To pocket an insult

अपमान सहन करना

She has often to pocket insult from her mother-in-law.

To rain cats and dogs

मूसलाधार वर्षा होना

It rained cats and dogs yesterday.

To see eye-to-eye with

सहमत होना

I do not see eye-to-eye with you in this matter

To steal a march on

मात कर देना

To steal a march on

मात कर देना

To take heart

सहस करना

Take heart and try again.

To take offence

बुरा मानना

He took offence at my remarks.

To take one’s heels

दम दबाकर भाग जाना

The thief took to his heels at the sight of a policeman.

To take to heart

दिल में बसा लेना

The old man took his son’s death to heart.

To take to task

डांट-डपक करना

The teacher took the boy to task for not doing his homework.

To turn a deaf ear to

ध्यान न देना

He turned a deaf ear to his father’s.

To turn one’s head

सर फेर देना

Riches have turned his head.

Ups and downs

उतार-चढ़ाव

She had seen many ups and downs in her life.

With opne arms

हार्दिक

My friend received me with open arms.

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