Most Popular Idioms and Phrases Part-32
Phrases & Idioms | Meaning in Urdu / Hindi | Sentence |
In the wrong box | Ghalat jaga per | You ticked in the wrong box. |
Boy friend | Dost | Every girl has a boy friend. |
To blow out one’s brain | Goli say maarna | During the war the soldiers are ordered to blow out one’s brain. |
To be in the box | Pareshani main | She was in the box last day. |
Break away | Judda | She has broken away from him. |
Mind your eye | Ahtiyat karo | Mind your eye least you lost your job. |
Open a person’s eye | Kisi ko wo kuch dikhana jo wo nahi janta | He opened his eye, about his wife. |
To one’s face | Iski mojoodgi main | His wife killed to his face. |
Face value | Qeemat | The face value of this dress is one thousand rupee. |
Go to grass | Retired hojana/ Kaam chor dena | A bank officer going to grass today. |
Break ground | Kisi bhi kaam ka phela qadam uthana | He should think before to break the ground. |
Grapes from thorns | Buray say acha | He has the art of getting grapes from thorns. |
Have on | Pehnna | Why are you not having on a school uniform today. |
To hang heavy | Bojh uthana | The new job hanging heavy on my head. |
Bad hat | Bilkul pagal | The woman is a bad hat. |
Leading man | Rehnuma/hero | Nelson Mandela is a leading man of the world. |
Lay day | Tankhwa ki bajay commission per | It was a lay day at the company. |
No joke | Mushkil kaam | To earn one’s living today is no joke. |
Just a nip | Thori see sharab | She takes just a nip. |
Alive with | bhara hona | The room is alive with mosquitoes. |
On the alert | hoshiyar | A countable should be always on the alert. |
To be Ajar | adha khula | When we reached home, we found the door ajar. |
Most Popular Idioms and Phrases Part-32
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