Most Popular Idioms and Phrases Part-21
Idioms/Phrases | Translation in Urdu/Hindi | Sentences |
Next door to | Kareeb | We live next door to the market. |
Down and out | Wasaill khatam hony k khareeb hona | I was down and out when she left to me. |
Out of door | Khuli hawa main | We should walk out of door. |
Eleven and twenty long | Bilkul sahi | Your ideas is eleven and twenty long. |
Elixir of life | Aabe-hayat | Hope is the only elixir of life in the moderen world. |
Lose ground | Peechy rah jana | She has lost much ground in her life. |
On one’s own hook | Apni zimadari per | He does not do anything on his own hook. |
To take the bull by the horns | Bahaduri se mushkil ka samna kerna | He must possess the courage of taking the bull by the horns. |
Hot air | Fazool baatain | Please stop all hot air. |
To work like a horse | Mahnat kerna | She works like a horse to become a rich women. |
Read off | kisi cheez ko parhna | Would like to read off this novel. |
Hope against hope | Na umidi k bawajood umeed rakhna | I am hoping against hope that one day my son become a doctor. |
Make sure | Yaqini banana | Make sure she will pay today. |
make down | Dobara banana | The pent was made down. |
Over and above | Mazeed | He is over and above from all. |
All over | Mukamal | I shall pay you more money if you work all over. |
Payd off | Mukamal tankhwa/Badla lena | 1- She paid off the murderer by killing her. 2- They paid off the servant. |
And no mistake | Yaqeeni tor per | And no mistake i will do everything for you. |
Ready to eat | Paka pakaya khana/Tayar hona | Let us have ready to eat today’s dinner. |
Step up | Barhana | How can the sale be stepped up. |
Still and on | Bawajood | He is blind, still and on living good life. |
Most Popular Idioms and Phrases Part-21