Idioms and Phrases | English Vocabulary | General English | Set – 9

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S. No	Idioms and Phrases	Meaning in English	Meaning in Hindi
01	A damp squib	A disappointing result	निराशाजनक परिणाम
02	High and low	Everywhere	अच्छी तरह से
03	A load of cobblers	Rubbish Idea	बेकार आइडिया
04	A storm in a teacup	To Worry about frivolous things	बेमतलब की बातों पर बहस करना
05	Bit the dust	To be destroyed	नष्ट होना
06	Always pours cold water	Always disapproves	हमेशा असहमत रहना
07	Keep a level head	Maintain composure	संयम बनाए रखना
08	At sixes and seven	To be in disorder	अव्यवस्थित होना
09	Turned a deaf ear	Not paying any attention	ध्यान न देना
10	On the wane	Growing less	कम होती जाना
11	Smelled a rat	To be suspicious	शक होना
12	Make a killing	To make money quickly	जल्दी से पैसा कमाना
13	With might and main	With full force	पूरी ताकत से
14	In high spirits	Energetic	उत्साहित होना
15	Kicked the bucket	To pass away	मर जाना
16	A Doubting Thomas	Refuses to believe	संशयवादी होना
17	Pull the long face	To look sad	उदास दिखना
18	Feather his nest	provide for his own needs	अपनी ज़रूरतें पूरी करना
19	To cut short	be interrupted	बीच में ही बात खत्म करना
20	Put the foot down	To be firm	दृढ़ रहना
21	Cold comfort	slight satisfaction	दिलासा देना
22	All at sea	To be confused	पूरी तरह से भ्रमित होना
23	Let her hair down	To really enjoy	जीवंत तरीके से आनंद लेना
24	Turn over a new leaf	To change in the behaviour for better	व्यवहार में बेहतरी लाना
25	Bad blood	Having ill feeling	मनमुटाव होना
26	To move heaven and earth	To try everything possible	हर संभव प्रयास करना
27	To take someone for a ride	To deceive someone	किसी को धोखा देना
28	In cold blood	Angrily	गुस्से से
29	To take to one’s heels	To run away	भाग जाना
30	A bolt from the blue	An unexpected event	एक अप्रत्याशित घटना
31	Very calculative	Very good at planning	योजना बनाने में बहुत अच्छा
32	To gainsaying	To disagree or deny	असहमत होना या इनकार करना
33	To drew a blank	Come with empty hands	खाली हाथ आना
34	To wind out of the sails	To made the words or actions ineffective	शब्दों या कार्यों को अप्रभावी बनाना
35	Jumped out of the skin	Extremely surprised	अत्यंत आश्चर्य में होना
36	From stem to stern	All the way from the front to the back	आगे से लेकर पीछे तक
37	Over egg the pudding	To exaggerate details unnecessarily	बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर पेश करना
38	Take up the hatchet	Prepare for or go to war	कुल्हाड़ी उठाना
39	At the loose ends	In an uncertain situation	बिना कुछ काम के
40	Ruffle the feather	To annoy someone	किसी को परेशान करना
41	A laughing stock	Target of mockery	हंसी का पात्र बनाना
42	At loggerheads	Be in strong disagreement	तीखी असहमति होना
43	Under the weather	To feel sick	अस्वस्थ महसूस करना
44	Go for the jugular	To criticize in a very aggressive way	बहुत आक्रामक तरीके से आलोचना करना
45	To make-believe	To pretend something is real	किसी चीज़ को वास्तविक होने का दिखावा करना
46	To go for broke	To put everything on risk	सब कुछ दांव पर लगाना
47	Blood is thicker than water	The loyalty to our family	परिवार के प्रति वफ़ादारी
48	To sleep with the fishes	To be dead or killed	मर जाना या मार दिया जाना
49	The squeaky wheel gets the grease	The person or problem that is the most noticeable	सबसे ज़्यादा ध्यान आकर्षित करने वाला व्यक्ति या समस्या
50	Taking French leave	To leave without telling anyone	बिना किसी को बताए चले जाना

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