Idioms and Phrases Part-2
Give one beans | dhamki dena | When a child does something wrong, do not give him beans |
Bear in hand | umeed rakhna / barqar rakhna | please bear the youth in hand |
Bear up | hosla barqar rakhna | you must bear up until the trouble is over |
Bring to bear | Amal main lana | Great influence was brought to bear upon the minister for getting quotas of steel |
Beforehand with the world | Asaani se milna | The prince was beforehand with the world |
Go a-begging | Zarrorat mand | Because of ceiling on big properties, huge building go a-begging for customer |
To begin the world | zindagi shoro kerna | It is very difficult to begin the world now-a-days |
Behind the scenes | parde main | The principal and the lecturers are having their successions behind the scenes |
Behind the mind | maazi main | The main reason for his dismissal from service was his being behind the time |
Do you mind | bura manna | please do this, do you mind |
If you don’t mind | Agar aap ko aitaraz na ho tu | please come to my office tomorrow, if you don’t mind |
Mind’s Eye | Zahni nukta nazar | Do only what you see clearly in your mind’s eye |
Never mind | Bura mat mano koi baat nahi | What is mind? No matter. what is matter? Never mind |
Out of mind | Bhola bisra | The promises I make are never out of my mind |
Monkey tricks | Dhoka dene wali harkaten | His monkey tricks brought the whole family into trouble |
Month of Sundays | Bhoat lamba arsa | Summer on the hills was a month of sundays |
Moral defeat | ikhlakhi shikast | One can win a physical war and meet a moral defeat at one and the same time |
Moral law | Ikhlakhi khanon | There is a moral law that rules the world |
To occupy oneself with | Masroof rakhna | He is occupying himself in painting |
Odd means | Ghalat zaraey | I don’t want to earn any money by odd means |
Take occasions | Mokhe se faida uthana | When you get a job, take occasion to save something against a rainy day |
Idioms and Phrases Part-2