Category: Idioms
लालच बुरी बला है Lalach Buri Bala Hai प्रायः सभी धर्मग्रन्थों में लोभ-वृत्ति को त्याज्य बताया गया है। गुरु ग्रन्थ साहिब में लोभ की तुलना कुत्ते की आदत …
Get into hot water When you get into hot water you get into trouble. Like Aruna, who got into hot water for trying to cheat during the exams. “I …
Give someone a piece of one’s mind Fortunately, this term doesn’t have any literal meaning! Figuratively, however, it means to rebuke, scold or reproach someone. Rishi had been breaking …
Good show “Good show!” the headmistress told the staff members of the school, after the School Day was a big success. Coming from her, this was praise indeed, for …
Give short shrift To give short shrift is to treat someone in an unfriendly or inconsiderate way. When Mrs Das left Delhi, no one wrote to her. She, however, …
A grass window “We must invite Mrs Mehra to our party,” said Mrs Kapoor to her husband. “She’s a grass window, and must be lonely.” “What’s that?” asked Mr …
Gut feelings A gut feeling is one that comes from one’s innermost being. “I have a gut feeling that something is wrong,” said Mrs Das, when her husband had …
Flying Blind This expression is meant to describe a person who is uncertain, confused or wrong about something. In other words, he is like a bird who doesn’t …
Fish out of water Imagine that you were a fish and out of water. How would you feel? Just like Mrs Verma who hadn’t studied past school, and had …
Free-loader If you’re a free-loader you eat and drink at another’s expense — like a sponge which absorbs liquid. “I don’t want to have anything to do with Sachin. …
