Idioms and Phrases with Hindi Meaning – 662+ Idioms with Examples

662+ idioms and phrases, each with its meaning, Hindi meaning and an example sentence — grouped by theme so they are easier to remember. Idioms are asked every year in SSC CGL, CHSL, Bank PO and other exams; learn a theme a day.

Coloured Idioms (83)

Black

Black hand — Lawless, Secret society engaged in criminal activitiesकानून विरुद्ध कार्य में शामिल होना
Black hearted — Wickedदुष्ट, कपटी
Black look — Face full of anger and hatredगुस्सा व घृणा से भरा चेहरा
Black future — Future without hopeनाउम्मीद भविष्य
Black and White — To judge everything either good or badकिसी चीज को अच्छाई या बुराई के नजरिये से परखना
In black and white — In written formलिखित रूप में
Blacklisted — Bannedपाबन्दी
In the black — To be successful or profitableसफल या लाभकारीहोना
Black sheep — A person who is a disgrace or embarrassment for his familyकलंकित व्यक्ति
To look as black as thunder — Extremely angryअत्यधिक गुस्से में
Black and blue — Used to describe something that is badly bruisedचोटिल होना
Black market — Places where goods are illegally bought and sold for a profitकालाबाजारी
Blackball someone — To exclude someone sociallyसामाजिक बहिष्कार
Blackmail someone — To extort from someone by using their secrets against them and threatening to reveal it to othersधमकी से ऐंठना
In someone’s black books — To be in disgrace with someoneकिसी के नजर में नीचे गिर जाना

Blue

Feeling blue — Feeling unhappyख़ुशी महसूस न करना, उदास
Out of the blue — Completely unexpectedअचानक से
To blue pencil something — To censor somethingकांट छांट करना
Blue blood — Royalशाही
Blue eyed boy — Favouriteप्रिय
Blue murder — Loud outcryभारी कोलाहल
Blue in the face — To make an enormous but futile effortनिरर्थक कठिन परिश्रम
Once in the blue moon — Very rarelyबहुत मुश्किल से; कभी कभार
Blue ribbon — Highest prize in a competitionप्रतिस्पर्धा में सर्वोच्च पुरष्कार
To beat black and blue — Beat mercilesslyनिर्दयता पुर्वक पीटना
True blue — Completely loyalपूर्ण विश्वशनीय
The blues — The state of sadness or depressionदुःख की स्तिथि में
Blue collar workers — Unskilled workersअकुशल श्रमिक
Bolt from the blue — Sudden or unexpected shockआकस्मिक झटका
Blue stocking — Woman with scholarly or literary interestsबुद्धिजीवी महिला
Talk a blue streak — To talk quickly without stoppingबिना रुके लगातार बोलना

Brown

To be brown in study — Be lost in imaginationकल्पना में खोये रहना
Browned off — To be boredउबना

Colour

In the limelight — Prominentमहत्वपूर्ण
Off colour — Not in usual formवास्तविक रूप में न होना
To be colourless — Boringउबाऊ
To give colour to — Make a story more credibleविश्वसनीय बनाना
Sail under false colours — To pretend to be something that one is notदिखावा करना
A highly coloured report — Fabricatedबनावटी
See someone’s true colours — To understand someone’s actual characterवास्तविकता की पहचान
With flying colours — Excellenceबहुत अच्छा
To be kept in the dark — Keeping a secret from someoneगोपनीयता बनाए रखना

Golden

A golden opportunity — An opportunity that may never present itself againसुनहरा अवसर
A golden handshake — A large sum of money that is paid to a retiring personसुनहरी क्षतिपूर्ति
Golden boy — A young man idolised for a great skill, usually in sport.पसंदीदा व्यक्ति

Green

To be green — Immature, New at somethingअपरिपक्व
To go or look green — To look pale or illबीमार दिखना
To get green light — To get approval to do somethingकोई कार्य करने की अनुमति प्राप्त करना
Green with envy — Extremely jealousअत्यधिक ईर्ष्यालु
A green horn — Novice, A beginnerनौसिखुआ
Grass is greener on other side — Other side is better than circumstancesदुसरे तरफ को बेहतर समझना
Green belt — An area of fields and trees around a town

Grey

Grey area — Lack of clarityअस्पष्ट या कमजोर पक्ष
Grey matter — Intelligenceबुद्धिमता
Grey market — A market outside the authorized system of distribution, Illegal marketअवैध कारोबार

Pink

To be in a pink — To be cheerfulख़ुशीपूर्वक
Tickled pink — To be very pleasedअत्यधिक खुश
In the pink of something — In very good healthअच्छा स्वास्थ्य

Purple

Purple in the face — Purple with rage = Extremely angryअत्यधिक गुस्से में

Red

Red letter day — Very important day or memorable dayअति ख़ुशी का दिन
To paint the town red — To celebrateउत्सव मनाना
In the red — In financial dangerआर्थिक संकट में
To catch someone red handed — To catch someone doing illegal activitiesरंगे हाथो पकड़ना
Red carpet welcome/ Roll out the red carpet — To welcome with great respectआदरपूर्वक स्वागत करना
To see red — Get angryक्रोधित होना
Red herring — Distract from the main issueउद्देश्य से भटकना
To be shown the red card — To be dismissed from your jobनौकरी से निकालना
To be out of the red — To be out of debtकर्जमुक्त होना
A red flag — A warning signalखतरे का निशान
Red hot — Something new and excitingनया एवं उत्तेजना से पूर्ण
Red in the face — To become embarrassedशर्मिंदा होना
To see the red light — To recognise approaching dangerखतरा भांपना

Silver

The silver screen — A term for the cinemaसिल्वर स्क्रीन, सिनेमा का पर्दा
Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth — Born into a rich familyशाही परिवार में जन्म लेना
To be given something on a silver plate/platter — When something is offered to someone whole-heartedlyपूरे दिल से

White

White wash — Cover up the truthसच्चाई छिपाना
White collar workers — Skilled workersकुशल श्रमिक
Lily white — Innocent, pureनिर्दोष, स्वच्छ
Show white feather — Show cowardiceडरपोक
White elephant — Useless but expensive possessionमहँगी किन्तु बेकार वस्तु
Raise a white flag — One has accepted defeat and surrendersआत्मसमर्पण करना

Yellow

Yellow-bellied — Someone who is seen as a coward or extremely timidअत्यधिक डरपोक
A yellow streak — Someone who has cowardice in their characterअत्यधिक डरपोक

Idiomatic Phrases (159)

Adjective Phrases

All the rage — In Vogueबहुत प्रचलित
At pinch — In difficult situationकठिन परिस्थिति में
At sea — Disturbed; Puzzledपरेशान
Beside himself — Disturbedपरेशान
For good — Foreverहमेशा के लिए
Head or tell — Meaningअर्थ
Ill at ease — Anxiousचिंतित
In hand — Under controlनियंत्रण में
In high spirits — Very happy and excitedबहुत उत्साह एवं ख़ुशी में
In hot water — In troubleपरेशानी में
Like wild fire — Very quicklyबहुत तेजी से
On his last legs — In the last stageअंतिम अवस्था में
On the cards — Probable; In near futureसंभावित
Out of date — Not in use; Obsoleteप्रचलन के बाहर
Out of gear — In bad conditionबिगड़ी हुई हालत में
Out of question — Impossibleअसंभव
Out of spirits — Sad and sorrowfulदुखी व निराश
Up to date — Updatedअद्यतन
With one voice — Unanimousसर्वसम्मति से
With open arms — Warm welcomeउत्साहपूर्ण स्वागत
Without reserve — Completelyपूर्ण रूप से

Adverb Phrases

At a stretch — Continuouslyलगातार
At best — to the utmostअधिकाधिक
At large — Absconded, Freeभागा हुआ
At length — In detailविस्तृत रूप से
At the outset — In the beginningप्रारंभ में
At times — Sometimesकभी-कभी
Before long — In near future;निकट भविष्य में
By all means — Every wayहर प्रकार से
By and by — Graduallyधीरे-धीरे
By degrees — Graduallyधीरे-धीरे
Far and wide — Across a large areaदूर-दूर तक
First and foremost — Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्ण
Now and then — Sometimes; Occasionallyकभी-कभी
Of course — Undoubtedlyनिःसंदेह
Off and on — Sometimes; Occasionallyकभी-कभी
Once for all — Finallyअंततः
Out and out — Completely; Totallyपूर्णतः
Over and above — In addition toके अतिरिक्त
Through and through — Completelyपूर्णतः
Time and again — Repeatedlyबार-बार
To and fro — Towards and away from somethingआगे-पीछे

Noun Phrases

Cold war — Bad mutual relationshipsपारस्परिक ख़राब संबंध
Fair play — Honest dealingईमानदार कार्य
A fancy price — High priceऊँची कीमत
A freelance — Independent writerस्वतंत्र लेखक
A gala day — An important happy dayमहत्वपूर्ण ख़ुशी का दिन
Hand and glove — Very intimateबहुत घनिष्ठ
The ins and outs — Complete informationसम्पूर्ण जानकारी
Iron will — A firm personदृढ़ निश्चय वाला व्यक्ति
Red tapes — Too many formalitiesअत्यधिक औपचारिकताएं
A wet blanket — Discouraging thingहतोत्साहित करने वाली वस्तु

Prepositional Phrases

At the instance of — On one’s adviceकिसी की सलाह पर
By the way — In passing, incidentallyअचानक कोई बात कहना
By virtue of — Due to somethingके कारण
For the sake of — For something, for someoneकी खातिर
For want of — Scarcityके अभाव में
In accordance with — In Conformity withके अनुसार
In addition to — Besidesके अतिरिक्त
In a state of — Conditionकी दशा में
In consideration of — In return for somethingके विचार के कारण
In lieu of — Instead of somethingके बदले में
In the midst of — In the middle ofके मध्य
In order to — For the purposeके उद्देश्य से
In proportion to — In the ratio ofके अनुपात में
In regard to — With respect toके संबंध में
In response to — With reply toके उत्तर में
In search of — In quest ofकी तलाश में
In spite of — Without regard to somethingके बावजूद
In the act of — While doing somethingके मध्य में
In the wake of — As a result ofपरिणामस्वरूप
In view of — Because of somethingके कारण, के विचार से
On account of — Because of, due toके कारण
On the point of — On the verge of, close toके कगार पर
On the top of — Gloriousबहुत अच्छा, उत्तम
With a view to — For the purpose ofके उद्देश्य से

Verbal Phrases

At random — Randomly; Unsystematicallyबिना क्रम के
Account for — Cause ofका कारण बनाना
Bear out — To support or confirmगवाही देना
Bear with — To tolerateबर्दाश्त करना
Break off — To stop suddenlyअचानक रुक जाना
Break into — To enter by forceजबरदस्ती घुसना
Bring in — To earnकमाना
Bring out — To bring into lightप्रकाश में लाना
Bring up — To care for someone or something up to adulthoodलालन-पालन करना
Back out — Go back from promiseवायदे से पीछे हटना
Bear up — To endureहिम्मत बनाए रखना
Blow out — To extinguishबुझा देना
Break with — To quarrelझगड़ा करना
Break out — To spreadफ़ैलना
Break down — To stop in the middleबीच में रुकना
Break up — To postponeस्थगित करना
Bring under — To supressदबाना, कुचलना
Call on — To meet someoneकिसी से मिलना
Carry out — To followअनुसरण करना
Come across — To meet someone suddenlyअचानक किसी से मुलाकात होना
Call over — To announce nameउद्घोषणा करना
Call off — To endसमाप्त होना
Call up — To rememberयाद करना
Come down upon — To punishसजा देना
Cut down — To reduce expenditureखर्च कम करना
Deal in — To tradeव्यापार करना
Deal with — To manage something or someoneप्रबंधन करना
Do away with — To renounceछोड़ना
Fall out — To quarrelझगड़ना
Fall upon — To attackआक्रमण करना
Fall through — To failअसफल होना
Get out of — To be free fromमुक्त होना
Get through — To passसफल होना
Get up — To riseजागना
Give away — To distributeबाँटना
Give up — To renounceछोड़ना
Go through — To checkजाँच करना
Go in for — In favour ofपक्ष में
Get off — To escapeभाग जाना
Get over — To controlनियंत्रित करना
Give in — To surrenderआत्मसमर्पण करना
Give over — To give chargeजिम्मेदारी सौंपना
Go off — To explodeविस्फोट होना
Gone out — To extinguishबुझ जाना
Hold up — To stopरुकना
Hold over — To postponeस्थगित करना
Hold on — To continueजारी रखना
Look after — To take care ofदेखभाल करना
Look down upon — To hateघृणा करना
Look through — To glanceदेखना
Look for — To searchखोजना
Look forward to — To hopeआशा करना
Look into — To examineजाँच करना
Make out — To understandसमझना
Make up = Make good — To compensateक्षतिपूर्ति करना
To make a mark — To excelबहुत अच्छा करना
Make up one’s mind — To decide firmlyनिश्चय करना
Make off with — To robलूटना
Put on — False show of arroganceझूठा घमंड करना
Put down — To controlनियंत्रण में करना
Put out — To switch offबत्ती बंद करना
Put off — To postponeस्थगित करना
Put up with — To tolerateबर्दाश्त करना
Pull up — To scoldडाँटना
Run after — To chaseपीछा करना
Run into — To be trapped in debtकर्ज में फँस जाना
Run out — To finishसमाप्त होना
Set aside — To repealनिरस्त करना
Set up — To establishस्थापित करना
Set off (out) — To go on tripभ्रमण के लिए जाना
Set apart — To saveबचाकर रखना
Set down — In written formलिखित में
Set in — To startप्रारंभ करना
Stand against — To opposeविरोध करना
Stand by — To helpसहायता करना
Taken in — To be cheatedधोखा खाना
Take over — To take responsibilityउत्तरदायित्व लेना
Think after — Resemblance in faceचेहरा मिलना
To take to heart — To take seriouslyगंभीरतापूर्वक लेना
Turn up — To appearप्रकट होना, उपस्थित होना
Turn down — To rejectअस्वीकार करना
Work out — To calculateगणना करना
Work up — To igniteभड़काना

Idioms Related to Animals (120)

Ants

Be hand and glove — Be very closeघनिष्टता
By and large — On the wholeमोटे तौर पर
By fits and starts — Irregularly, Sporadicअनियमित, छिटपुट प्रकार से
By leaps and bounds — Very rapidlyबहुत तेजी से
Carrot and stick policy — Reward and punishment policyईनाम व सजा की नीति
Cut and dried — Readymadeतैयार
To have ants in your pants — To be unable to keep still because you are very excited or worried about something.अपनी पैंट में चींटियाँ रखने के लिए

Barking

Barking up the wrong tree — To make the wrong choice, or ask the wrong person. (Imagine Laika barking up a tree thinking there's a squirrel up there, but the squirrel has already run along the branches to another tree.)गलत जगह शोर मचाना।

Bear

To be like a Bear with a sore head — To be in a bad mood.सिर में दर्द वाले भालू की तरह होना।

Bee

Upper crust — Upper crust
To have a Bee in your bonnet — To be obsessed about something.अपने बोनट में मधुमक्खी रखने के लिए।

Birds

A bird’s eye view — General viewसरसरी निगाह से देखना
Birds of the same feather — Persons of same likingएक जैसे लोग
A bird’s passage — one who does not stay anywhere for long timeएक स्थान पर नहीं टिकने वाला
Eagle eye — To pay attention to detailगहरी नजर रखना
A wild goose chase — Useless effortव्यर्थ प्रयास
Cock a snook — To show disregard /contemptअपमान प्रदर्शित करना
Cock of the walk — One who dominates a group or situationकिसी समूह या स्थिति में प्रभावी होना
A feather in one’s cap — Additional achievementअतिरिक्त उपलब्धि
Feather one’s nest — Enrich oneself dishonestly; to serve one’s own purposeअपना उदेश्य निकलना
As a crow flies — Straightसीधा
A sitting duck — An easy preyआसान शिकार
Small fry — Insignificant personतुच्छ व्यक्ति
Take under wings — Provide protection or shelterशरण देना
Carry all eggs in one basket — Put everything at riskसबकुछ दाँव पर लगाना
Fly in the face of — To defyअवहेलना करना
Rule the roost — To dominateप्रभावी होना
Swan song — Last creationअंतिम सृजन
To count chickens before they are hatched — To anticipate profit before in handलाभ का अनुमान लगाना
The Birds and the bees — A euphamism for courtship and intercourse between people.पक्षी और मधुमक्खियाँ।
A Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush — Having something for certain is better than the possibility of getting something better. >हाथ में एक पक्षी झाड़ी में दो लायक
The early Bird catches the worm — If you do something in a timely manner you will succeed.जल्दी पक्षी कीड़ा पकड़ता है
Birds of a feather flock together — People who have similar characters or similar interests will often choose to spend time together.एक पंख के पंछी इकट्ठे रहते हैं।
To kill two Birds with one stone — To solve two problems with a single action.एक तीर से दो शिकार करना

Bull

A cock and bull story — A false story; a fantastic storyमनगढ़ंत कहानी
Take the bull by horns — Face challenges boldlyबहादुरीपूर्वक सामना करना
A bull in the china shop — A clumsy person in a delicate situationनाजुक स्थिति में अनाड़ी व्यक्ति
To be like a Bull in a china shop — To be clumsy.चीन की दुकान में बैल की तरह बनना

Cat

Raining cats and dogs — Heavy rainमूसलाधार बारिश
A cat and dog life — Quarrelsome lifeझगड़ालू जीवन
Let the cat out of the bag — Reveal the secretरहस्य उजागर करना
Bell the cat — To take first step at personal riskअपने जोखिम पर पहला कदम उठाना
A Cat nap — A short sleep, during the day.एक बिल्ली झपकी
To be like a cat on a hot tin roof — To be nervous and unable to keep still.टिन की गर्म छत पर बिल्ली की तरह बनना
A fat cat — Someone who is very rich and powerful.एक मोटी बिल्ली
A scaredy cat — Someone who is frightened for no reason.एक डरावनी बिल्ली
The cat's whiskers — When someone thinks they're better than everyone else.बिल्ली की मूंछें
Has the cat got your tongue? — Said when someone isn't saying anything.क्या बिल्ली को आपकी जीभ मिल गई है
To let the cat out of the bag — To reveal a secret.बिल्ली को बैग से बाहर निकालने के लिए
To look like the cat that got the cream — To look very pleased and a bit smug about something.उस बिल्ली की तरह दिखने के लिए जिसे क्रीम मिली है
To put a cat among the pigeons — To cause trouble.कबूतरों के बीच बिल्ली रखना
Not enough room to swing a cat — Used to describe a place that is very small.बिल्ली को घुमाने के लिए पर्याप्त जगह नहीं है।
Look what the cat's dragged in! — An insulting way of saying that someone has just arrived and they don't look good.देखो बिल्ली को क्या घसीटा गया है

Chicken

To be a chicken or To be chicken or to be chicken livered — Someone who is cowardly.मुर्गे बनना या मुर्गे बनना या मुर्गे का जिगर होना

Crocodile

Shed crocodile tears — Show false sorrowझूठा दुःख व्यक्त करना

Cuckoo

A cuckoo in the nest — Someone who is part of a group but is different and often disliked, or a problem that grows quickly and crowds out everything else.घोंसले में एक कोयल
Living in cloud cuckoo land — Used to describe someone who has ideas or plans that are completely unrealistic.बादल कोयल भूमि में रहना

Dog

A dog in the manger — One who does not let others enjoy what he himself cannotवह जो दूसरों को उस वस्तु का उपयोग न करने दे जिसका वह स्वयं उपयोग न कर सके
Go to dogs — To be ruined (बर्बाद हो जाना), to become worse in quality or characterगुणों में कमी आना
Every dog has its day — Good fortune comes sooner or laterप्रत्येक व्यक्ति का अच्छा दिन आता है
A dog and pony show — A show or other event that has been organized in order to get people's support or to persuade them to buy something.एक कुत्ता और टट्टू शो
A shaggy dog story — A joke or story that's obviously not true or has a silly ending.एक झबरा कुत्ते की कहानी
To be like a dog with two tails — To be very happy.दो पूंछ वाले कुत्ते की तरह बनना
To be dog-eared — If something is dog-eared, it is in bad condition.कुत्ते के कान वाला होना
To be dog tired — To be exhausted.कुत्ता थकना
Gone to the dogs — Used when someone or somewhere becomes less successful than it was.कुत्तों के पास गया।
Let sleeping dogs lie — Leave something alone if it might cause trouble.मुसीबतों को गले मत लगाओ
It's raining cats and dogs! — It's raining very heavily.मूसलाधार बारिश

Donkey

Donkey’s year — Very long timeबहुत समय से
Wrangle over an ass’ shadow — To quarrel over triflesतुच्छ बातों पर झगड़ना
Talk the hind leg off a donkey — To talk a lot.गधे से पिछले पैर की बात करो

Duck

A dead duck — A failure.एक मरा हुआ बतख
Water off a duck's back — Said when someone doesn't let things upset them.एक बतख पर पानी ना टिकना

Elephant

A white elephant — Expensive but useless possessionमहँगी लेकिन व्यर्थ का सामान
The elephant in the room — A problem or situation that everyone knows about but no one mentions.कमरे में हाथी

Fish

A fish out of water — To be in difficultyकठिनाई में
To fish in troubled waters — To take advantage of the troubles of othersदूसरे के परेशानी का फायदा उठाना
Queer fish — Strange personअजनबी व्यक्ति
Have another fish to fry — Have some more important work to doअन्य महत्वपूर्ण कार्य
A cold fish — Someone who doesn't show how they feel.ठंडी मछली
A different kettle of fish — A different matter or issue.मछली का एक अलग केतली
To have bigger fish to fry — To have more important things to do.
Like a fish out of water — To be uncomfortable in a particular situation.जैसे जल बिन मछली
Something is fishy — Used when something is suspicious.कुछ गड़बड़ है

Fly

To be a fly on the wall — To want to be somewhere secretly, so you can overhear what is said.दीवार पर उड़ने के लिए

Fox

To be as sly as a fox — To be sneakily clever.लोमड़ी की तरह धूर्त होना

Goat

A scapegoat — One who is punished to save othersदूसरों को बचाने के लिए सजा भुगतना
To get someone's goat — To upset someone.किसी का बकरा पाने के लिए

Goose

What's sauce for the goose, (is sauce for the gander.) — If you think something is acceptable for one person, it should also be acceptable for another person.हंस के लिए सॉस क्या है
Wouldn't say boo to a goose — Describes someone who is very nervous.हंस को बू नहीं कहेंगे

Hoot

To not give a hoot — To not care.हूट नहीं देने के लिए

Horse

From the horse’s mouth — From a reliable sourceविश्वस्त सूत्रों से
Flog a dead horse — To waste one’s effortsबेकार में प्रयास करना
A dark horse — A hidden geniousछिपा रुस्तम
To put a cart before the horse — To do things in wrong orderगलत प्रकार से कार्य करना
A stalking horse — Pretenceबहानेबाजी
To close (shut) the stable door after the horse has bolted — To try to fix something after the problem has occurred. (घोड़े के बोल्ट के बाद स्थिर दरवाजे को बंद (बंद) करना)
To say you could eat a horse — To be very hungry.कहने के लिए आप एक घोड़ा खा सकते हैं
To eat like a horse — To eat a lot.घोड़े की तरह खाने के लिए
To look a gift horse in the mouth — To mistrust or complain about something you are offered or given for free.मुंह में उपहार घोड़ा देखने के लिए
Sraight from the horse's mouth — To hear something interesting from someone actually involved.सीधे घोड़े के मुंह से

Lamb

Mutton dressed (up) as lamb — Used to describe a woman who is dressed in a style that is more suitable for a much younger woman. (मटन ने मेमने के रूप में कपड़े पहने (ऊपर))

Lion

The lion’s share — A large partमहत्वपूर्ण या बहुत बड़ा भाग

Monkey

To not give a monkey's — Used to express lack of concern or interest.बंदर नहीं देना है

Ox

A black ox — Misfortuneदुर्भाग्य

Rabbit

To be like a rabbit in the headlights — To be so frightened or surprised that you cannot move or think.हेडलाइट्स में खरगोश की तरह होना।
To pull a rabbit out of the hat — To surprise everyone by suddenly doing something clever.एक खरगोश को टोपी से बाहर निकालने के लिए

Rat

Smell a rat — To be suspiciousसंदेहास्पद

Sheep

A wolf in sheep’s clothing — A dangerous person who looks unharmful or pretends to be friendlyछद्म भेष में छिपा शत्रु
A black sheep — An undesirable personअनचाहा व्यक्ति

Snake

A snake in the grass — Hidden enemyछिपा शत्रु

Squirrel

Even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while — Sometimes people can be correct just by being lucky.अंधी गिलहरी को भी कभी-कभी अखरोट मिल जाता है।

Tiger

To have a tiger by the tail — To have become associated with something powerful and potentially dangerous.पूंछ से बाघ होना

Turkey

To talk turkey — To speak frankly and openly.टर्की बात करने के लिए।

Wolf

Keep the wolf away from the door — To avoid starvationभूखमरी से दूर रहना
Cry wolf — A false alarmगलत या झूठी चेतावनी
To cry wolf — To raise a false alarm about something.भेड़िया रोने के लिए।

Worm

Book worm — A person in the habit of reading books and studyकिताबी ज्ञान
The worm has turned — When a usually meek person or group of people becomes angry.कीड़ा पलट गया..
To open a can of worms — To do something that exposes a very difficult issue or set of problems.कीड़े का डिब्बा खोलने के लिए।

Idioms Related to Body Parts (82)

Arm

Keep at arm’s length — To avoid / to keep at a distanceबचना / दूरी बनाए रखना
Be up in arms — To revoltविद्रोह करना
Take up arms — To fightलड़ाई करना

Blood

A cold blooded murder — An intentional, deliberate or pre-meditated murderसुनियोजित हत्या
Bad blood — Enmity/ Bitter relationsशत्रुता
In cold blood — Without feeling and deliberately; Very cruellyबिना किसी भावना के जान-बूझकर, निर्दयतापूर्वक

Bone

To the back bone — Thoroughly, entirelyपूर्ण रूप से
A bone of contention — Cause of disputeझगड़े का कारण

Ear

Turn a deaf ear — Not to pay attention to, refuse to listenअनसुना करना
To be all ears — To listen carefullyध्यानपूर्वक सुनना

Eye

An eyewash — Pretence, Deceptionबहाना या धोखा
To see eye to eye — To agreeसहमत होना
Have an eye for — Be a good judge of something
Keep an eye on — Vigilant, to keep watchचौकन्ना, सावधान
Have a jaundiced eye — Be prejudiced / Influenced by envy or hostilityपक्षपात / इर्ष्यालु
Turn a blind eye — Pretend not to noticeअनजान बनने का बहाना करना
To be all eyes — To see carefullyध्यानपूर्वक देखना
Throw dust in one’s eyes — to deceiveधोखा देना

Face

Weary face — Disappointed lookउदास चेहरा
Lose one’s face — Be humiliatedअपमानित होना
Put on a long face — Be sad and dejectedनिराश व परित्यक्त

Feet

Let the grass grow under feet — To delay the mattersदेर करना
Put the foot down — Be firm or resoluteदृढ़
Have feet of clay — Hidden weaknessछिपी कमजोरी
Put the best foot forward — Start impressivelyप्रभावी शुरुआत

Finger

On fingertips — Thorough knowledgeवृहत ज्ञान
Have a finger in every pie — To be involved in many different activitiesबहुत सारी गतिविधियों में शामिल होना
Keep fingers crossed — To hope anxiouslyउत्सुकतावश आशा करना
Burn one’s finger — Get into troubleकठिनाई में पड़ना

Hair

Split hair — To argue about very small differencesछोटी-छोटी बातों पर बहस करना
Let one’s hair down — To relax or enjoy leisurelyआराम फरमाना या आनन्द लेना
Turn a hair — To give a sign of distressसंकट का संकेत

Hand

Have a hand in — Be involved inसम्मिलित होना
With an iron hand — Strictlyकठोरतापूर्वक
Win hands down — Win easilyसुगम जीत
With a high hand — Oppressivelyदबाना

Head

Put heads together — Work togetherसाथ-साथ कार्य करना
Keep one’s head — Be cool and not lose temperशांतचित्त रहना
Head and shoulders — Superiorबेहतर
Over head and ears — Excessively, Very deeplyअत्यधिक गहराई से
Wash one’s hands of — To be free fromकिसी चीज से मुक्त होना
To make a head or tail of — To understandसमझना
Old head on young shoulders — One over intelligent and experienced for one’s ageउम्र से अधिक अनुभव
To scratch one’s head — To be perplexedचिंतित होना
To take into one’s head — To think or to believeसोच-विचार करना

Heart

Lose heart — Discouraged/ Be hopelessनिराश होना
Take heart — Act boldly / Muster courageसाहस जुटाना
Take to heart — Feel excessively, Taking very seriouslyदिल पर लेना
After one’s own heart — To one’s likingअपने पसंद अनुसार
Heart and soul — Devotedlyसमर्पित
Heart to heart — Very franklyस्पष्टतः

Heel

Achilles’ heels — Weak pointकमजोर बिंदु
Take to heels — Run away or escapeभाग जाना
To cool one’s heels — To waitइंतज़ार करना

Jaw

To hold one’s jaws — To stop talkingबातचीत बंद करना
In the jaws of — In the grip ofपकड़ में, चंगुल में

Leg

On its last legs — About to collapseनष्ट के कगार पर
Have no leg to stand on — Unable to convinceराजी करने में अक्षम
To stand on one’s leg — To be independentस्वतंत्र

Lip

Pay lip service to — Pretend to express loyalty or supportबनावटी हमदर्दी

Mind

Cross one’s mind — To come into one’s thoughtकिसी के विचार में आना
To give bit / piece of one’s mind — To scoldडाँटना
To make up one’s mind — To determineनिश्चय करना
To strain every nerve — To make every possible effortहरसंभव प्रयास करना

Nail

Fight tooth and nail — Fight fiercelyपूर्ण ताकत से लड़ना

Neck

Stick one’s neck out — To take a riskजोखिम लेना
Neck and crop — Completelyपूर्णतः
Neck to neck — Very close (as in competitions)बहुत नजदीक

Nose

Hard-nosed — Aggressiveआक्रामक
Under one’s nose — In the presence ofकिसी के उपस्थिति में

Palm

Grease the palm — To bribeरिश्वत देना
Bear the palm — Be victoriousविजयी होना

Shoulder

Rub shoulder with — Come into social contactमिलना-जुलना
Give a cold shoulder — Treat indifferentlyउदासीन बर्ताव

Stomach

Have butterflies in stomach — Be nervousबेचैन होना

Teeth

Cut one’s teeth — Gain experienceअनुभव प्राप्त करना
By the skin of the teeth — Narrowlyबहुत कम अंतर से

Throat

Cut throat — Toughकठिन

Thumb

By the rule of thumb — According to practical experienceव्यावहारिक

Toe

To be on toes — Be ready or alertतैयार रहना या सावधान
Tread upon other’s toe — Hurt one’s feelingsआहत करना

Tongue

Have an oily tongue — Be sycophantचापलूसी

Idioms Related to Fruits and Flowers (8)

An apple of discord — Cause of quarrelझगड़े का कारण
Apple-pie order — In perfect orderपूर्णतः व्यवस्थित
An apple of one’s eye — Very dearअत्यंत प्यारा
Bad apple / Rotten apple — A troublesome personबुरा व्यक्ति
A banana republic — A small, poor country with a weak, corrupt or government.औद्योगिक रूप से अविकसित छोटा देश
A banana skin — An action that may cause embarrassing problemsशर्मिंदगी पूर्ण कार्य
A bed of roses — Easy and comfortable positionसरल और आरामदायक स्थिति
Under the rose — Secretlyगुप्त तरीके से

Idioms Related to Human and His nature (29)

One’s wits end — Perplexedचिंतित
At the spur of the moment — At the exact timeसटीक समय पर
Above board — Honest and straight forwardईमानदार एवं बेलाग
At cross purposes — Having conflictsसंघर्ष के बाद
By hook or by crook — By any means (either fair or foul)किसी भी प्रकार से; गलत या सही
Cry over spilt milk — To repent in vain after lossहानि के बाद व्यर्थ में पश्चाताप करना
Call names — To abuseगाली देना, अपमानित करना
Dig the grave — To tarnish, to destroyकलंकित करना, नष्ट करना
Die in harness — To die while workingकार्य करते हुए मरना
Dare devil — Fearless personनिडर व्यक्ति
Eat humble pie — To apologizeगलती मानना
Eat one’s word — Take one’s statement backअपनी बात से मुकरना
Fool’s errand — Useless undertakingबेकार कार्य
Gentlemen at large — An unreliable personअविश्वसनीय व्यक्ति
Good Samaritan — One who helps strangersअनजान की सहयता करने वाला
Give the devil his dues — To give credit to a worthless person for his good qualities
Give up the ghost — To die, Pass awayमर जाना
Kith and kin — Blood relationसगा-संबंधी
Man of letters — Literary personज्ञानी व्यक्ति
Man of parts — A man of qualitiesगुनी व्यक्ति
Man of straw — A weak personदुर्बल व्यक्ति
Midas touch — A touch which turns anything into goldअलादीन का चिराग
No love lost — Intense dislikeअत्यधिक घृणा
Rank and file — Common manआमलोग
Steal someone’s thunder — Make a better impressionअच्छा प्रभाव छोड़ना
Take people by storm — To surprise unexpectedlyअचंभित करना
Yeoman’s service — Excellent workबहुत अच्छा कार्य
Child’s play — A very easy taskबहुत आसान कार्य
Cry for the moon — An unattainable ambitionएक अप्राप्य महत्वाकांक्षा

Idioms Related to Instruments and Weapons (25)

At dagger’s drawn — To have bitter enmityदुश्मनी
Add fuel to the fire or flame — Make situation worseपरिस्थिति को ख़राब बनाना
At a stone’s throw — Very closeबहुत नजदीक
Blow one’s trumpet — To praise oneselfअपनी प्रशंसा करना
Burn a hole in one’s pocket — To spend money quicklyफिजूलखर्ची
Burn candle at both ends — Squanderगंवाना
Call a spade a spade — Speak bluntlyदो टूक बात करो
Get into hot waters — Get into troubleपरेशानी में पड़ना
Give one a rope — To let someone commit mistakesकिसी को गलती करने देना
Have an axe to grind — Have selfish interests or motivesस्वार्थसिद्ध करना
Hit below the belt — To harm by unfair means, strike unfairlyगलत तरीके से प्रहार करना
Haul over the coals — To take to taskकोई कार्य करना
Hang fire — Unsolvedअनसुलझा
Hit the nail on the head — To do right thing at the right timeसही वक्त पर सही कार्य करना
Have too many irons in fire — To do many things at a timeएक समय पर बहुत सारे कार्य करना
Keep the pot boiling — Earn hardly enough for livingबमुश्किल जीवन-यापन करना
Live- wire — Energeticऊर्जावान
Last nail in the coffin — Causing ruinबर्बादी का कारण
Last straw — The final trial of patienceधैर्य की परीक्षा लेना
Pour oil on troubled waters — To pacify the situationस्थिति शांत करना
Put a spoke in a wheel — To obstructबाधा पहुँचाना
Sword of Damocles — Imminent dangerसन्निकट खतरा
To set Thames on fire — To achieve something impossibleअसम्भव की प्राप्ति
A man of iron — A firm manदृढ़ व्यक्ति
To screw up one’s courage — To gather courageसाहस जुटाना

Miscellaneous Idioms (131)

To add insult to injury — To harm as well as humiliateअपमानित कर हानि पहुँचाना
Against the rainy day — Precaution for emergencyआपात स्थिति के लिए एहतियात
At a loss — To be confusedसंशय में
To beat about the bush — To stray from the main pointमुख्य बिंदु से भटकना
To bear the burnt of — To endure the calamity or difficult situationआपदा या मुश्किल स्थिति सहना
To bring to light — To discloseप्रकट करना या घोषित करना
At the eleventh hour — At the last momentअंतिम क्षण में
To bury the hatchet — To end old enmityपुरानी शत्रुता ख़त्म करना
Bosom friend — Intimate friendअभिन्न मित्र
To be in good books of — To be in kind favourकिसी के पक्ष में मेहरबान होना
To be in bad books of — Out of favourविरोध में
To be in good odour of — To be in good favourअच्छे पक्ष में
To be in bad odour of — To be out of favourएहसान से बाहर होने के लिए
To cut the Gordian knot — To solve a very difficult problemबहुत मुश्किल परेशानी को निपटाना
Capital punishment — Death penaltyमृत्युदंड
Corporal punishment — Bodily punishmentशारीरिक सजा
To carry coals to Newcastles — Unnecessary and useless workअमहत्वपूर्ण व बेकार कार्य
To cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth — To live within one’s own meansअपनी आय के अनुसार जीवन-यापन करना
Chip of the old block — The son resembling the fatherपुत्र पिता से मिलता-जुलता
To cut a sorry figure — To make a poor impressionख़राब प्रभाव छोड़ना
To curry favour — To win favour by flatteryचापलूसी से पक्ष जीतने के लिए
To cast a slur — To bring disgraceअपमान लाना
Drop in the ocean — Very insignificant amountबहुत कम मात्र
Double dealing — Deceitful actionsधोखापूर्ण कार्य
To dance attendance upon — To flatterचापलूसी करना
A blessing in disguise — Something intrinsically good but having a bad appearanceआंतरिक रूप से अच्छा है लेकिन देखने में बुरा
Every inch — Completelyपूर्णतः
Easy money — Bribeरिश्वत
Hush money — Bribe given for concealing secretsरहस्य छिपाने के लिए दिया गया रिश्वत
To take an exception to — To object to somethingकिसी चीज का विरोध करना
Fair weather friend — Selfish friends of prosperous daysअच्छे समय का स्वार्थी मित्र
From hand to mouth — Bare existenceबमुश्किल जीवन-यापन
Follow suit — To follow the exampleउदाहरण का अनुसरण करना
To fan the flame — To aggravateबद से बदतर स्थिति
To fly into passion — To be enragedख़फ़ा होना
To make a fortune — To grow richधनवान होना
To kill a fatted calf for — To arrange a lavish reception for somebody= किसी के लिए एक भव्य स्वागत की व्यवस्था करना
From the bottom of one’s heart — Very sincerelyमन लगाकर
To throw down the gauntlet — To give challengeचुनौती देना
Gift of the gab — The skill of oratoryवाक्पटुता
To face the music — To face oppositionविरोध का सामना करना
To get the better of — To overcomeजीतना
To hold one’s ground — To stand firmदृढ़तापूर्वक
To give vent to — To express one’s anger or feelingsअपना भावना/गुस्सा प्रकट करना
Harp on the same string — To keep on talking on the same topic
Hang over one’s head — To worry someoneभयावह, चिंताजनक
To hang in balance — To remain undecidedअनिश्चय की स्थिति में
To hang by a thread — Critical conditionनाजुक स्थिति
Hard nut to crack — A difficult problem to solveकठिन समस्या का समाधान करना
Hold water — To prove soundसही साबित करना
Hold good — Valid; Applicableमान्य
To pick holes in — To find fault with othersदूसरों की गलती निकालना
To bring home — To explainव्याख्या करना
To break the ice — To break silence by speaking firstचुप्पी तोडना
In Full swing — In full glory or speedबहुत तेजी से
In the twinkling of an eye — In a momentतत्क्षण
In a nut shell — In briefसंक्षेप में
In the nick of time — Just in timeसमय पर
In the same boat — In the same conditionसमान स्थिति में
In no time — In a very short timeबहुत कम समय में
Jack of all trades — A person knowing a little of many thingsबहुत साड़ी चीजों की थोड़ी-थोड़ी जानकारी
Judas kiss — False show of loveझूठा प्यार दिखाकर धोखा देना
To kiss the dust — To be humiliated or defeatedअपमानित होना, हारना
To knock against — To collide withटकराना
The knock down price — Auction-priceनीलामी मूल्य
To laugh up one’s sleeves — To laugh secretlyमुँह छिपाकर हँसना
To win laurels — To win honoursसम्मान पाना
To lick the dust — To accept defeatहार स्वीकार करना
Leap in the dark — Uncertainty about outcomeपरिणाम की अनिश्चितता
Lapped in luxury — Brought up in luxuryविलासिता में पला-बढ़ा
To throw light on — To explainव्याख्या करना
To wash dirty linen in public — To expose private affairs in publicनिजी बातों को सार्वजनिक करना
To lead to the altar — To marryविवाह करना
To leave one in the lurch — To leave one in difficultiesकिसी को कठिनाई में छोड़ना
To let bygones be bygones — To forget old thingsपुरानी बातें भूल जाना
To make a clean breast of — To confessगलती स्वीकार करना
To make a mountain out of a mole-hill — To exaggerate small thingsछोटी चीजों को बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर कहना
To Make much ado about nothing — To make much of little thingsहो-हल्ला मचाना
To throw mud at — To tarnish / To scandalizeकलंकित करना
Up to the mark — Up to the standardमानक स्तर
To make one’s mark — To achieve distinctionसम्मान या गौरव प्राप्त करना
To make amends — To compensateक्षतिपूर्ति करना
To meet half-way — To be prepared for compromiseसमझौता के लिए तैयार रहना
To join the majority — To dieमर जाना
Man in the street — Common manआम आदमी
To nip in the bud — To destroy at the very beginningबहुत शुरुआत में नष्ट करना
To set at naught — To ruinबर्बाद करना
Narrow circumstances — Povertyदरिद्रता
Neither chick nor child — No childकोई बच्चा नहीं होना
Open secret — Known to allसर्वज्ञात
Order of the day — Some popular thing of the timeकिसी समय की प्रसिद्ध वस्तु
Out of sorts — Indisposedतबियत ख़राब होना
To pay one back in one’s own coin — Tit for tatजैसे को तैसा
To put the saddle on the right horse — To blame the really guilty personदोषी व्यक्ति का दोषारोपण
To put one’s shoulder to the wheel — To do one’s work with one’s own effortsअपने परिश्रम से अपना कार्य करना
Pandora’s Box — A source of evil powersदुष्‍ट शक्तियां
To take pains — To work hardकठिन परिश्रम करना
To put up with — To tolerateबर्दाश्त करना
To put pen to paper — To begin writingलिखते रहना
To play a second fiddle — To take a second positionदूसरे स्थान पर रहना
To play truant — To run away from the class or workकक्षा से या कार्य से भागना
To play false — To deceiveधोखा देना
Past master — An expertनिपुण
Pell-mell — In confusionघबराहट में
Point blank — Clearlyस्पष्टतः
Petticoat-Government — Undue influence of womenमहिलाओं का अवांछित प्रभाव
To rise to the occasion — To come to help at the hour of needअंत समय में मदद के लिए आना
A rolling stone — A man not sticking to his jobनौकरी के प्रति ढुलमुल
Right-hand man — A very helpful personअत्यधिक मददगार व्यक्ति
To read between the lines — To discover secret meaningछिपा अर्थ निकलना
Storm in a tea-cup — Much hue and cry over a little matterछोटी बातों पर अत्यधिक शोर शराबा
Slip of the pen — A small unintentional mistake in writingलिखने में हुई छोटी सी गलती
Slip of the tongue — A slight mistake in speakingबोलने में हुई छोटी गलती
Square meal — Full mealभरपेट भोजन
To roll up one’s sleeves — To be prepared for hard workकठिन परिश्रम के लिए तैयार रहना
A stone’s throw — At a little distanceथोड़ी दूरी पर
To see the light — To completely understand somethingपूर्णरूपेण समझना
In the hands of — Under the authority ofनियंत्रण में
True to one’s salt — To be faithfulविश्वासभाजन
To turn table — To change the situationपरिस्थिति बदलना
Tall talk — Boastingडींग हांकना
To turn one’s coat — To change one’s partyअपना पक्ष बदलना
Under a cloud — Under suspicious conditionसंदेहास्पद स्थिति में
Wild goose chase — Useless effortनिरर्थक प्रयास
To bring to book — To punishसजा देना
Maiden speech — First speechपहला भाषण
Nine days’ wonder — A short-lived gloryक्षणिक ख़ुशी
To sow wild oats — Indulgence in youthful folliesजवानी की गलती
To go back on — To withdrawपीछे हटना
To badger someone — To pester someone into doing something.किसी को गाली देना।
Bark worse than bite — Used to describe someone who makes threats but never carries them out.काटने से भी बदतर छाल।

Paired Idioms (25)

Again and again — Repeatedlyबार बार
All and sundry — Everyone without distinctionसभी लोग बिना भेदभाव के, अमीर-गरीब सभी लोग
Alpha and omega — A to Z; from beginning to endशुरू से अंत तक
At one’s beck and call — At one’s commandकिसी के आदेश पर
At sixes and sevens — In disorder, confusedतितर-बितर, उधेड़बुन में
Bag and baggage — With complete luggage / foreverहमेशा के लिए
Between the devil and the deep sea — To fall between two great difficultiesदो मुसीबतों के बीच फँस जाना
Blow hot and cold — Vacillateनिश्चय नहीं कर पाना
Be hand and foot — In all possible ways; By all meansसभी प्रकार से
Day in and day out — For an indefinite number of successive daysलगातार अनिश्चित दिनों तक
Enough and to spare — Plentifulप्रचुर
Fair and square — Just and proper = Honestईमानदार
Far and away — With much differenceबेहतर
Far and near — From distant placesदूर-दूर तक से
Fire and sword — Anger, rage and rifeक्रोध से आपा खोना
Loaves and fish — Materialistic gainsभौतिक सम्पदा की प्राप्ति
From pillar to post — From one extreme to anotherएक स्थान से दुसरे तक दौड़ धूप करना
Hard and fast — Clear, definiteनिश्चित
Hole and corner — Conduct secretlyरहस्यमय तरीके से
In every nook and corner — Everywhereसभी जगहों पर
Play ducks and drakes — Waste or squanderबर्बाद करना या इधर-उधर भटकना
Safe and sound — Unhurtचोटरहित
Touch and go — Dangerous and uncertainखतरनाक व अनिश्चित
Under lock and key — At a safe placeसुरक्षित स्थान पर
Wear and tear — Damageक्षति