Idioms and Phrases Part-3
Idioms and phrases part-3 consist of most common and uncommon idioms and phrases of daily life, and its use of in sentence.
Idioms and Phrases | Meaning | Sentences |
Hard words | Gali dena/mushkil alfaz khena | call him no hard words |
Hard up | matloob | i am hard up of money now-a-days |
A bad hat | Bulkul pagal | The child is a bad hat |
To bury the hatchet | jhagra khatam kerna | will both of you bury the hatchet and compromise? |
Have it | Hamla | Don’t have it at my friend |
Have it out | Tezi se izhar kerna | Let us have it out
what ever you want to say, have it out |
Hen hearted | Bouzdil | Hen hearted have no place in army |
High and low | Ameer or gharib/opar nichy har tarf | High and low came to the meeting |
High born | Alla khandan | john is a high born boy |
Hit the nail on the head | Matlooba maqsad hasil kerna | In dealing with employees, john does not know how to hit the nail on the head |
Hitch up | shadi kerna | Napoleon hitched up Josephine |
Every inch | Moukamal tor per | You can achieve great success by every inch |
To be Incumbent | Zarori/lazmi | A general clerk should be incumbent of typing |
To take the Initiative | Rahnumai kerna | Unless some one take the initiative in the matter it is not going to be solved |
To jaw | Baton se naraz kerna | The clerk was dismissed because he jawed his manager |
Kick over the traces | control kho dena | The youth today are trying to kick over the traces |
To fly a kite | Awami rai ki azmaish kerna | No Government can fly a kite for long |
Before you can say knife | Bohat tezi se | The man is intelligent enough to do his work before you can say knife |
Knight of the road | Dakoo | I was robbed by a knight of the road |
Not to mention | Zikar na kerna | I don’t have five rupees, not to mention five hundred |
To get into a mess | Mushkilat main ghirna/musibat main perna | His way of work is such that everything in the office gets into a mess |
To cry over split milk | Bekar afsos kerna | No use crying over the split milk, it is high time that you should do something |
Idioms and Phrases Part-3