Most Popular Idioms and Phrases Part-24
Phrases & Idioms | Meaning in Urdu / Hindi | Sentence |
Your good lady | Tumhari bivi | Your good lady was with my sister last evening. |
Land of the living | Mojooda zindagi | It is difficult to maintain land of the living in our country due to lack of health facilities. |
Knock the bottom out of | Bey asar banana | Failure knocked the bottom out of his ambitions. |
Indian gift | Aisa tohfa jis se mutabadil tohfe ki umeed rakhi jaye | I hope you are not making me an Indian gift. |
In lay with | sajana | Faisal Masjid is in laid with precious stones. |
As for | Jahan the iss ka taalluq he | As for the home matter you must not depend on others. |
For why | Kion key | She did not attend party for why he was sick. |
Clock in | Aney ka waqt (register) | The employees are not expected to clock in due to strike. |
Clock out | Jane ka waqt (register) | The employees should clock out at 5 pm. |
By the end of | Khatmey ka bais banna | Peace could be the end of violence. |
In the end | Akhir me | In the end of the month he has no money. |
Be as good as one’s word | Apna wada pora kerna | The politicians should be as good as their words and do the work. |
No good | Bekar, befaida | Government hospitals are no good now a days. |
Have one foot in the grave | Mout ke qareeb | After an accident he has one foot in the grave. |
For all | taham | He fought and lost for all my advice. |
Fall foul of | Kash ma kash me hona | The employees are falling foul of the management everywhere. |
From hand to mouth | Ba mushkil guzara kerna | Most of the people of the world today are living from hand to mouth. |
Forget one’s self | Apni qadar kho dena | Don’t forget yourself when you mixed with the crowd. |
Let off | Gira dena | The case against him was let off. |
Level up | Martaba barhana | He has levelled up his position from supervisor to manager. |
Lick the dust | Sharmindagi uthana | Don’t tell a lie that you lick the dust in front of people. |
At liberty | Azaad | In Pakistan women are at liberty to go wherever they want. |
To my mind | Meri raye me | To my mind a mother is a great person of the world. |
Most Popular Idioms and Phrases Part-24