Top 100 Idioms and Phrases with Hindi meaning and Examples

 

Idioms and Phrases with Hindi meaning and Examples

 

👉Follow one’s nose – To go straight ahead

- सीधे जाना

- Follow your nose and keep walking in a straight line—you'll be at my house soon enough.

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 To latch onto – To promote

- बढ़ावा देना

- The news media has latched on to the scandal.

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 Sweeping Statement – Thoughtless statement

- व्यापक टिप्पणी

Ex: Don’t make a sweeping statement on limited evidences.

(SO(Audit), 1997)

 

👉 All at sea – Puzzled

- फंसा हुआ / उलझा हुआ

Ex: He feels at sea with economics

(SO(Audit), 1997)

 

👉 Enough rope – Enough freedom for action

- किसी को पर्याप्त स्वतंत्रता देना

- give somebody enough rope (to hang themselves) meaning to allow someone to do what they want to, knowing that they will probably fail

(SO(Audit), 1997)

 

👉 By fits and start – Irregularly

- शीघ्रता में एवं अनियमिततापूर्वक

Ex: Martina has been working on her master's thesis in fits and starts; she needs to work on it consistently.

(SO(Audit), 1997)

 

👉 Fell foul of – Got into trouble with

- किसी के कारण मुश्किल स्थिति में ( fall a foul of someone or something – means - to get into a situation where one is to get into trouble with someone or something.)

Ex:  The boy fell a foul of the law at an early age.

(SO(Audit), 1997)

 👉 Token strike – Short strike held as warning

- सांकेतिक हड़ताल

Ex: It was just a token strike, the real problems are yet to come.

(SO(Audit), 1997)

 

👉 Face the music – Get reprimanded

- किये का परिणाम भुगतो / डटकर रहे बिना कठिनाइयों से मिलना

Ex: After drinking alcohol all night, the next morning I had to face the music (SO(Audit), 1997)

 

👉 Look down upon – Hate intensely / consider someone or something inferior in some way

- किसी को नीच समझना

Ex: Don’t look down upon the people, who have lesser money than you have.

(SO(Audit), 1997)

 

👉 Flogging a dead horse – Wasting time in useless effort

- बेकार के काम में प्रयास बर्बाद करना

Ex: He keeps trying to get his manuscripts published, but I think he is flogging a dead horse.

(SO(Audit), 1997)

 

👉 Under a cloud – Under suspicion

- शक के दायरे में

Ex: Someone stole some money at work, and now everyone is under a cloud.

(SO(Audit), 1997)

 

👉 Green thumb – To have natural talent for growing plants

- पौधों के लिए आपकी प्राकृतिक प्रतिभा

Ex: “All my houseplants are in sorry shape; it's clear I don't have a green thumb. (SO(Audit), 2001)

 

👉 Played havoc – Caused destruction

- विनाश का कारण

Ex: Fever continued to play havoc with both natives and Europeans.

(SO(Audit), 2001)

 

👉 Give way - Collapse

- त्याग देना / दबना / दब जाना / मान लेना / राज़ी होना

- his aching legs gave way, and he almost fell

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 Tall tales - Boasting

- डींग मारना / डींग हांकना

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 No love lost between – Not on good terms

- दो के बीच मौजूदा कोई पसंद या स्नेह नहीं (no liking or affection existing between two)

Ex: There's no love lost between Bob and Bill.

(SO(Audit), 2001)

 

👉 Fair and square – Honest

- ईमानदार

Ex: We won the match fair and square.

(SO(Audit), 2001)

 

👉 A white elephant – Costly or troublesome possession

- व्यर्थ की चीज चो खर्च बहुत कराए और काम न आए; बहुत खर्चीली वस्तु

Ex: Those antique vases my dad gave me are simply white elephants.

(SO(Audit), 2001)

 

👉 Out and out – Totally / absolute

- संपूर्ण / पूरा /बिलकुल / पूरी तरह (whole, absolute, Detailed, implicit faith, outright)

Ex: an out-and-out triumph.

(SO(Audit), 2001)

 

👉 On the cuff – On credit

- ऋण के रूप में

Ex: They asked to be put on the cuff until they got their monthly check.

(SO(Audit), 2001)

 

👉 Does not hold water – Cannot be believed

- पर यकीन किया नहीं कर सकते

Ex: We can't do anything about it' argument simply does not hold water.

(SO(Audit), 2001)

 

👉 A wild goose chase – Futile search

- व्यर्थ खोज

Ex: physicists searching for the hypothetical particle may be on a wild goose chase. (SO(Audit), 2001)

 

👉 In cold blood – A murder done with no hurry

ठंडे खून से जघन्य हत्या

- For a person to say something like that in cold blood is just horrible.

(SO(Audit), 2003)

 

👉 Off and on – Occasionally

- कभी कभी / यदा कदा

(SO(Audit), 2003)

 

👉 Hard and fast – Strict

- निश्चित / नियत (Rigidly adhered to - without doubt or debate)

Ex: hard and fast rules

(SO(Audit), 2003)

 

👉 Took to heels – Run away in fear

- डर कर भागना

Ex: Out rushed a little cub tiger of about three months, and charged me so courageously that my elephant took to her heels.

(SO(Audit), 2003)

 

👉 To keep up – To keep in touch

- स्थापित रखना / गिरने से रोकना (sustain, prolong, maintain, preserve, conserve, follow)

(SO(Audit), 2003)

 

👉 Make a clean breast – Confess without reserve / To make a full disclosure

Ex: "He pressed him... to make a clean breast, and tell him all."

(SO(Audit), 2003)

 

👉 Heads will roll – Transfers will take place

(SO(Audit), 2003)

29. Make no bones about – Do not have any hesitation in anything

- बिना संदेह

(SO(Audit), 2003)

 

👉 Take after – Resembles

- सदृश होना (resemble, take after, partake)

👉 Penelope’s web – An endless job

- ख़त्म ना होने वाला काम

- Worries in life seem to be Penelope’s Web.

(CHSL, 2014)

 

👉 At draggers drawn - Enmity

- शत्रुता

- They have been at daggers drawn for weeks over tactics

(CHSL, 2014)

 

👉 Break in - To enter premises forcibly or illegally

- जबरन या अवैध रूप से परिसर में प्रवेश

- a prowler who was trying to break in.

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 Stir up a Hornet’s nest - To create a lot of trouble

- परेशान करना

- If you say that to her, you will be stirring up a hornet's nest.

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 Second thoughts – Reconsidering the original idea

- दूसरा विचार / पुनर्विचार

- I'm having second thoughts about this party.

- I phoned her with second thoughts about our relationship.

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 In a tight corner – In a difficult situation

- मुश्किल स्थिति में

Ex: She had been in tight corners before and had always managed to get out of them.

(SO(Audit), 2001)

 

👉 Eat like a horse – Eat a lot

- बहुत खाना

- If I told you my brother eats like a horse, what would you think?

(CHSL, 2014)

 

👉 Go to the dogs – To be ruined

- धूल-धूसरित हो जाना

- He was a marvelous actor, but his drinking problems caused his career to go to the dogs. (CHSL, 2014)

 

👉 Pay on the nail – Pay promptly / Payment without delay

- तुरंत पेमेंट

- I could put the bill on my credit card, but if it's all right with you, I'd rather pay on the nail.

(CHSL, 2014)

 

👉 Going places – Talented and successful

- बहुत तर्रकी करना (someone is going places – means – someone will be successful)

Ex: Maria's a talented writer – she's definitely going places.

(SO(Audit), 2003)

 

👉 Average out - Balance

- बैलेंस करना

- The highs and lows of life tend to average out in the end.

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 To be floored – To surprise or confuse

- आश्चर्य या भ्रमित

- You just floored me [amazed/shocked me] when you told me that you and your wife had separated. You seemed to be the perfect couple.

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 Backseat driver – A person who gives unwanted advice

- एक व्यक्ति जो अवांछित सलाह देता है

- Although Mary was capable of completing the project on her own, John couldn't stop himself from being a backseat driver and telling her what to do.

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 At random - Without any aim or target

- बिना सोचे समझे

- The lottery numbers are chosen at random. As a prank, the children dialed phone numbers at random.

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 Break off – Suddenly stop

- तोरना या बंद करना

- I knew she was getting ready to break it off, but Tom didn't. After a few long and bitter arguments, they broke off their relationship.

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 Go haywire – Become out of control

- सब अस्त - व्यस्त होना

- I was talking to Mary when suddenly the telephone went haywire. I haven't heard from her since.

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 Above board – Honest / Without any secret

- निश्छल / निष्कपट

- I expected that big company to try to take advantage of us, but so far all of their dealings with us have been above board.

(CGL T-2, 2014)

 

👉 Fight shy of – To avoid someone/ something

- टालना / बचना / दूर रहना

- He fought shy of entering his poems in the competition, although everyone said he should.

(CGL T-2, 2014)