Fariha Shah in English Language 6 years ago

Most Popular Idioms and Phrases Part-11

Phrases & Idioms	Meaning in Urdu / Hindi	Sentence
To be sick unto death	Thaka howa	I am quiet sick unto death for any more service.
Debt of nature	mout	Everybody has to taste the debt of nature.
In deep waters	Mushkilat ma	Good men are in deep waters but all men are in deep waters are not good.
Fat-headed	Bewaqoof	He is not a fat-headed man.
To fall prey	Shikar hojana	He just fall a prey to his advice.
Fall through	Nakaam hona	All plans of opposition’s leader fall through.
Fall off	Khatam ho jana, mar jana, gir jana	1- The leaves fall off in autumn. 2- Don’t put the glass on the edge of the table it will fall off.
Look after	Dekh bhal kerna	She should look after the children.
Look over	Nazar andaz kerna	1- Please look over the accounts. 2- I cannot look over your faults if I mean business.
Physical explanation	Wazeh saboot	I want to have a physical explanation of your statement.
By reason of	Waja se	She succeeded by reason of her genius.
Read up	Parh parh ke ilm barhana	I will need to read up on the case before the meeting.
Ray of hope	Thori se umeed	If you have even a ray of hope you should set for the examination.
Razor-edge	Khatarnaak surat e haal	The war is passing through a razor edge these days.
Give and take	Len den	Give and take is the basics of all business.
Give up	Tark ker dena	He gave up the smoking.
To give the world	Saza dena	The supreme court has given the world to the prisoner.
To fit like a glove	Bilkul sahi	Today statement of the prime minister fits like a glove to our national policy.
To hiss down	khamooshi	I request you to hiss down.
Out of drawing	Ghalat bani hoi	The building structure is out of drawing.
Dream land	Kisi ke khwaboon ki had	To become prime minister is my dream land.
Draw on one’s imagination	Tasswwarati ya jhoti baat kerna	A good historian does not draw on his imagination.
Dress up	Khas tor per tayyar hona	The bride groom was dressed up.