Important Idioms and phrases

important Idioms and phrases

important Idioms and phrases : 145 āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ Idioms and phrases

145 āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ Idioms and phrases will help you to make rich sentences.

1. Brown study – āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

= Me friend is engrossed in brown study.

2. Blue ribbon – āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āĻš āĻĒā§‡āĻļāĻžāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤

= The secretary of ministry is considered the blue ribbon in Bcs Job.

3. Beside the mark – āĻ…āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤

= Don’t talk beside the mark.

4. Big wig – āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤

= Nelson Mandela is a big wig around the world.

5. Black art – āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĨ¤

= we are bemused of his black art.

6. Blow hot and cold – āĻāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‡ āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤

= No one likes him who blows hot and cold.

7. Bid one’s time – āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĨ¤

= The intelligent person never loses temper, he bids his time.

8. Bellwether – āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤

= The Rab failed to arrest the bellwether.

9.Bear away the palm – āĻŦāĻŋāĻœāĻ¯āĻŧā§€ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= We should always try to bear away the palm in our life struggle.

10. A bull in a China shop – āĻšāĻ˛āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻĒāĻ°ā§‹āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= Mr. Caxton is a bull in a China shop.

11. Be that as it may – āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻšā§‹āĻ•āĨ¤

= Be that as it may, I can’t loose you anymore.

12. Below the salt – āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ°āĨ¤

= He has provided some clothes that were below the salt.

13. A bird brain – āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤

= You can’t expect nothing good from a bird brain.

14. Judge a book by its cover – āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§ŒāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= Do not judge a book by its cover.

15. A bad egg – āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĨ¤

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= Don’t pass your valuable time for a bed egg.

16. Bottom of my heart – āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡āĨ¤

= I always thank u from bottom of my heart.

17. Barking up the wrong tree – āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻ¨āĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤

= You shouldn’t keep barking the wrong tree.

18. Browbeating – āĻšā§‹āĻ– āĻ°āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĨ¤

= I love your daughter from bottom of my heart, So I don’t care your Browbeating.

19. Buoyant health – āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯

= Honourable Prime Minister belongs to buoyant Healt.

20. Abode of God – āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ—āĨ¤

= All people expect to go in Abode of God but they don’t perform their duty according to their religion’s instruction.

21. At home – āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤

= Mr. Bean is at home around the world for his funny acting.

22. At length – āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡āĨ¤

= All of the spans of Padma bridge have been installed at length.

23. At one go – āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

= He became Bcs cadre at one go.

24. At bottom – āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

= He seems aggressive but at bottom he is a kind and good natured.

25. At sea – āĻšāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĄā§āĻŦā§ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= Priya is at quite at sea in English.

26. At one’s beck and call – āĻ†āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻŦāĻšāĨ¤

= Mr. Rahim is always at my beck and call.

27. At one’s own sweet will- āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻ–ā§āĻļāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹āĨ¤

= A matured boy and girl can enjoy their life at their own sweet will.

28. At all events – āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

Wherever I stay, she is in my minds at all events.

29. At a pinch – āĻœāĻ°ā§āĻ°ā§€ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

= A true friend can be found at a pinch.

30. As like as peas in a pod – āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻŦā§ƒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĨ¤

= The two sisters are as like as peas in a pod.

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31. Against the grain – āĻ…āĻ¨āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

= She agreed with me against the grain.

32. All over with – āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤

= After loosing her only son, she is in all over with.

33. All and sundry – āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤

= All and sundry have to take the taste of death.

34. Above board – āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ“ āĻŦā§ˆāĻ§āĨ¤

= His activities are open and above board.

35. Out and about – āĻ¸āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

= Now the old man is out and about his health.

36. Bad blood – āĻļāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤

= His neighbors are always bad blood to him.

37. To give up the ghost / to kick the bucket – āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= The old man kicked the bucket yesterday.

38. As a rule – āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻŽāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤

= He takes dinner as a rule.

39. Advanced in life – āĻŦā§ƒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĨ¤

= The lady is advanced in life.

40. At a stretch – āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

= Memories the above phrases at a stretch.

āĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻ˛ā§‡â€ next ” āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ–ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

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41. To play the sedulous ape -āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¨āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= We are expert in playing the sedulous ape.

42.To break the ice – āĻ¨ā§€āĻ°āĻŦāĻ¤āĻž āĻ­ā§‡āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤

= If you are wise enough, you had better break the ice.

43. Over the top – āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĨ¤

= He is doing over the top of a trifling matter.

44. Ten to one – āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤āĨ¤

= Ten to one, she may meet me today.

45. To make clean breast of – āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤

= The honest can’t hide the truth, rather they make clean breast of.

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46. To lighten the atmosphere – āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§‡āĻœāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= A true leader always try to lighten the atmosphere.

47. Men of light & leading – āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ“ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

= Sheikh Mujibor Rahman was a men of light and leading.

48. Stand (sb) up- āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤ ( āĻ°ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡)

= You gave me words but you kept me standing up hours after hours.

49. To drive home – āĻœā§‹āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤

= When political leader delivers speech, he always drives home.

50. Yellow dog -( āĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ)

= No one likes Yellow dog.

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51. Green eyes – āĻˆāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻž

= Your green eyes will ruin you one day.

( āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻˆāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡)

52. Helter -skelter – āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•-āĻ“āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•

= The people got so frightened that they started running Helter -skelter.

( āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻāĻ¤āĻ‡ āĻ­ā§€āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§‡āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻā§ŒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ā§‹)

53. Without fail – āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ‡

= I will give you my answer tomorrow without fail.

( āĻ†āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦ)

54. Blow one’s own trumpet – āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻĸā§‹āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻĒā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĨ¤

= Do not trust a man who blows his own trumpet.

( āĻ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‹ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻĸā§‹āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻĒā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ)

55. Take somebody into your confidence – āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ“ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤

= Raju is someone you can take into your confidence.

( āĻ°āĻžāĻœā§ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ“ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‹)

56. Know how – āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤

= He lacks the know how of dealing with the issue.

( āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡)

57. Time and again – āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ°

= He was told time and again not to do it.

58. Down and out – āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ—āĻ°ā§€āĻŦāĨ¤

= She is down and out now

59. Runs errands – āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĒā§ŒāĻ›ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= Antara is always busy as she runs errands for the entire family.

60. Take the bull by the horns – āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‡ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= when you are in bad times, take the bull by the horns.

61. A big draw – āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖāĨ¤

= The cricket match proved to be a big draw.

62. French leaves – āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋ

= No one should enjoy French leave.

63. Strain every nerve – āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āĻš āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= Try to strain every nerve to achieve your goal.

64. at the beck and call – āĻ†āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻŦāĻš

= The maid is at the beck and call of my mother.

65. Couch potato – āĻ…āĻ˛āĻ¸ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤

= He can’t shine in life because he is a couch potato.

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66. Hot potato – āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻœāĻŸāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤

= Nowadays Trump failure is a hot potato .

67. Tell off – āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= His father always tells him off not to have a job.

68. Keep a low profile – āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤

= He is pretending such a way that he is keeping a low profile .

69. Lachrymose nature – āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻŖāĨ¤

=After getting severe hurt from his boyfriend, she is now in Lachrymose nature.

70. Brain -box – āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤

= My son is really a brain -box.

71. Watch out for – āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= watch out for your enemy.

72. Without issue- āĻ¨āĻŋāĻƒāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤

= At last the old man died without issue.

73. Weed out – āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= At last she weeded out from mental depression.

74. Word for word – āĻšā§āĻŦāĻšā§āĨ¤

= He copied my essay word for word .

āĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ next āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ–ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

75. Three R’s – āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž

= Three R’s is our basic rights.

76. Take to heart – āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= She takes his remarks to heart.

77. Take to one’s heels – āĻ›ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĨ¤

= The thief was so terrified that’s why he took to his heels on seeing policeman.

78. Tip the balance – āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= The judge cannot help tipping the balance.

79. Touch and go – āĻā§āĻāĻ•āĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤

= It was touch and go decision.

80. Tighten one’s belt – āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ā§ˆāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•āĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻāĻ•āĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĨ¤

= During this pandemic time, we should tighten our belt for the betterment of our family.

81. Throw up the sponge – āĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

= You shouldn’t throw the sponge until fulfill your ultimate goal.

82. Throw light on – āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= If you want to write something to make the people understand the gist, throw it light on easily.

83. A tenure position – āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§€ āĻĒāĻĻāĨ¤

= If someone wants to hold the tenure position, he has to work hard.

84. Talk out – āĻŽā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

=Talk out your hassle with your enemy.

85. Under lock and key – āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻāĨ¤

= We need to hide our important ornaments under lock and key.

87. Under the thumb- āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤

= My brother is under the thumb of his wife.

87. Under the weather – āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĨ¤

= Today I’m under the weather.

88. Weather the storm – āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ‰āĻ āĻžāĨ¤

= The perished family became able to weather the storm.

89. Widow’s mite – āĻĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤

= Khukhi who is from Rajshahi is a tangible example as a window’s mite.

90. Without reserve – āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻšāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

= The girl accepted my offer without reserve.

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91. Wolf in sheep’s clothing – āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻŦā§‡āĻļā§€ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĨ¤

= Please be careful from a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

92. Six feet under – āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= Because of coronavirus, there are thousands people in six feet under now.

93. Sharp practice – āĻ…āĻ¸āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĨ¤

= Nowadays many people are becoming rich by doing sharp practice.

94. Second to none – unique / āĻ…āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ /āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĨ¤

= The leadership of Sheikh Hasina is second to none.

āĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡ “Next ” āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ–ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§

95. play fast and loose – āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤

=Mithila played fast and loose with tahsan’s love.

96. Play hide and seek – āĻ˛ā§āĻ•ā§‹āĻšā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤

= The newly married couple are playing hide and seek .

97. Play ducks and drakes – āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ›āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž/ āĻ…āĻĒāĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= The naughty boy is playing ducks and drakes with his father’s hard-earned money.

98. To push somebody to the wall – āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= It’s tough to push Usain Bolt to the wall.

99. To paddle one’s own canoe – āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= It’s a wise decision to paddle your own canoe.

100. To pour oil in trouble water -( āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ) āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= The greatest man always try to pour in trouble water.

101. Put one’s foot down – āĻĻā§ƒāĻĸāĻŧ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= The honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina put her foot down against corruption.

102. Pass the buck – āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§‹āĻˇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ˜āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĨ¤

= It’s unethical to pass the buck.

103. Red rag to a bull – āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤

= Her presence is the red rag to a bull to his boyfriend.

104. Rub shoulders – āĻŽā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻļāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= She rubs shoulder with bad company.

105. Run counter to – āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§‹āĻ§āĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= The opposition party is always running counter to government.

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106. Rule of thumb – āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻŋ

= He has solved the critical math by using his rule of thumb.

107. Riding for a fall – āĻŦā§‡āĻĒāĻ°ā§‹āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= After getting severe hurt from his girlfriend, now he is ridding for a fall.

108. Square meal – āĻĒā§‡āĻŸ āĻ­āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤

He is too poor to have a square meal everyday.

109. Sum and substance – āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĨ¤

= This is the sum and substance of the novel.

110. To put the cart before the horse – āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻļā§ƒāĻ™ā§āĻ–āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= To put the cart before the horse is a simple task to a powerful leader.

111. Pull a long face – āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ–āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= During the rainy season, she pulls her long face.

112. Poles apart – āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§€āĻ¤ āĻŽā§‡āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= Two Prime Minister in Bangladesh are in poles apart in their opinions.

113. To pay through the nose – āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ§āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= Becoming newly rich, the boy pays through the nose for everything.

114. Queer fish – āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§€ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĨ¤

= I cannot share my business with such a Queer fish.

115. Patch up āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤

= Patch up the disputes.

116. Paper tiger – āĻ•āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻœā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˜āĨ¤

= I can’t compete with such a paper tiger.

117. Pandora’s box – āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤

= I couldn’t refuse her Pandora’s box.

118. Palmy day- āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

= There are lots of friends who are waiting to meet you in your palmy days.

118. Point blank – āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤

= The girl rejected his offer in point blank.

119. Curtain lectures – āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļāĨ¤

= Don’t deny curtain lectures, it’s for your betterment.

120. Cupboard love – āĻŸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸āĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ­ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŽāĨ¤

= I anticipated it before that it was your cupboard love to me.

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121. Cat’s paw – āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= During his lifetime, he was used as a Cat’s paw.

122. Chapter and verse – āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤

= The police has given chapter and verse of the matter.

123. Cock sure – āĻ†āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§€āĨ¤

= He is cock sure to pass the Bcs exam.

124. Cog in the machine – āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤

= The OSd officers are in cog in the machine.

125. Cold feet – āĻ•āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤

= He showed cold feet when the girl was attacked by perpetrator.

126. Cut and thrust – āĻšāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĨ¤

= The two friends are in cut and thrust position.

127.Cut someone dead – āĻ¨āĻž āĻšā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

= After using my everything , now you cut me dead.

128. Catch sight of – āĻāĻ• āĻĒāĻ˛āĻ• āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĨ¤

= I feel so hasty to catch sight of her.

129. Crack the whip – āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤

= The strict manager cracked the whip over his subordinate.

130. Cut and dried – āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤

= His cut and dried decision will not be changed.

131. Dead beat – āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤

= After toiling from down to dusk, I am dead beat now.

132. Down in the mouth – āĻ¤ā§‡āĻœāĻšā§€āĻ¨āĨ¤

= She looks down in the mouth.

133. Dark horse – āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤

= The child got afraid to see the dark horse like him.

134. Down to earth – āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€āĨ¤

= It’s time to think about down to earth.

135. Donkey work – āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤

= To solve the geometry seems to me the donkey work.

important Idioms and phrases

136. The die is cast – āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

= His father death is the die is a cast.

137. Eat one’s word – āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤

= He can’t eat his word.

138. Far and away – āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

= The decoration is far and away.

139.. Fair and square – I am fair and square in my word.

140. Feet of clay- āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ¤ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĨ¤

= His attitude shows feet of clay.

141. Fit as a fiddle – āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

= Mr. Karim is in fit as a fiddle.

142. Going concern – āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĨ¤

= He is going concern now.

143. Greek and Latin – āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤

= what you say is Greek and Latin to me.

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