Most Popular Idioms and Phrases part-4
Idioms & Phrases | Meaning in Urdu | Sentences |
Salt down | Mahfooz kerna | Let us salt down a thousand rupees against a rainy day |
Salt of the earth | Bhout sari achi chezon main se ek ka intekhab | The salt of the earth is not found on political tables |
Salt out | Badalna | You can not salt out truth from falsehood |
Take with a grain of salt | Hichkichahat or yaqeen | Whatever abid tells me, i take it with a grain of salt |
Worth one’s salt | Wafadar | There are few folk worth their salt to day |
To eat one’s salt | Wafadar | He is eating out salt now-a-days |
True to his salt | Malik se wafadar hona | It is difficult to get a servant who is true to his salt |
To take with a pinch of salt | Shak k sath | The company is taking up the union’s matter with a pinch of salt |
Know better | bhut aqalmand | They know international diplomacy better |
Know the ropes | Tarikha kar ki tafseelat samjhna | Only the clerks know the ropes in administration |
Know nothingness | Jahalat | Tour know nothingness will not solve the problem |
Know nothing | K mutaliq kuch na janna | I know nothing about the murder |
To my knowledge | Jahan tak mughy ilm hai | To the best of my knowledge he is a good boy |
Give and take | lan den | give and take is the basis of all business |
Give birth to | peda kerna | The cat give birth to 3 kit-lens |
Give chase | Picha | The police gave the robber a chase |
Give ear | sunna | Please give ear for the whole story |
Give forth | Nikalna | They gave forth the whole story |
Give ground | Shaya kerna | Don’t give ground to sadness |
Give into | Lapetna | The Minister gave into the Prime Minister |
Give it to one | Galiyan nikalna | The teacher gave it to the boy |
Give out | Kum hojana | The press gave out the scandal The chimney gave out smoke Food gave out in the kitchen |
Most Popular Idioms and Phrases part-4