Category: Meaning of idioms
अक्ल बड़ी या भैंस Akal Badi ya Bhains आज मनुष्य ने अपनी बुद्धि के बल पर कई असंभव कार्य कर दिखाए हैं। इस चाँद तक पहुँचा तथा विज्ञान और …
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. …
