1001-1100 Flashcards
1
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Lose your marbles
A
To become mentally deficient
(Pagal ho jaana)
2
Q
Lose your touch
A
Not being as successful as previously
3
Q
Loudmouth
A
A person who talks too much or too loudly
4
Q
Lump in one’s throat
A
Feeling that I was unable to speak due to sadness
5
Q
Mad as a hatter
A
Completely crazy
(Sirfira)
6
Q
Made a clean breast of
A
Confessed his crime
7
Q
Made light of
A
Treated it lightly
8
Q
Made off
A
Ran away with
9
Q
Made out of whole cloth
A
Entirely false and fabricated
10
Q
Maiden speech
A
First speech
11
Q
Make a beeline for
A
Go straight to
12
Q
Make a dent in
A
To reduce an amount of something esp. money or work
13
Q
Make a fool of oneself
A
To be stupid
14
Q
Make a fortune
A
To become rich
15
Q
Make a hash of
A
Made a mess of / to do something very badly
16
Q
Make a living
A
To earn enough money for things you need
17
Q
Make a mockery of
A
There was no serious outcome
18
Q
Make a pig’s ear of
A
Made a mess
19
Q
Make a quick buck
A
An easy way to make money quickly
20
Q
Make a scene
A
Make a public disturbance
तमाशा बनाना
21
Q
Make a wry face
A
A disappointed look
22
Q
Make an ass out of
A
Cause someone or oneself to look foolish or stupid
23
Q
Make away with
A
To remove or steal
24
Q
Make believe that
A
Pretence
ढोंग करना
25
Make big time
Attain fame and success
26
Make head or tail of something
To understand/ figure out something
27
Make it big
Succeed and become famous
28
Make no bones about
Did not have any hesitation in stating something clearly
29
Make no headway
Unable to progress ahead
30
Make off with
To run away
31
Make one's blood boil
To be very angry
32
Make one's flesh crawl/creep
To make someone feel frightened
33
Make one's mark
Distinguish oneself /to attain success
34
Make out
Understand someone or something with difficulty
35
Make room
Make space
36
Make short work of something
Dispose of quickly
37
Make up for
To replace something that is lost or damaged
38
Make up with someone
To settle their differences
39
Making hay while the sun shines
Taking advantage of the favorable opportunity
40
Many a slip between the cup and the lip
Bad things may happen before the task is finished
41
Mark up
Increase the price
42
Mealy mouthed
Unwilling to state something / afraid of speaking frankly
43
Measure up
Reach the level
44
Memory like a sieve
Poor memory
45
Mend your ways
Improve one's behaviour
46
Method to my madness
A purpose or reason behind seemingly crazy or meaningless action
47
Midas touch
The ability to make everything that one is involved with very successful
48
Milestone
Important event
49
Milk and water
Weak ideas
50
Mince matters
To confuse issues / to speak vaguely or indirect
51
Mincing walk
Small and delicate steps
52
Mind your language
Tell someone to speak politely
53
Money does not grow on trees
Money is hard earned and limited
54
Monkey business
Behaviour that is not acceptable or is dishonest
55
Months on end
Several months in a row
56
More or less
Approximately
57
Mouth watering
Very tasty or appetizing
58
Move heaven and earth
Make every effort to achieve something
59
Move the goalposts
Unfairly alter the conditions or rules of procedure during its course
60
Much ado about nothing
Making a big fuss over a small thing
61
Murdered in cold blood
A murder done without feelings
62
Nail your colours to their mast
To make it obvious what your opinions or plans
63
Nail biting
Suspenseful
64
Neck and crop
Totally and completely
65
Neck of the woods
Neighbourhood
66
Neck or nothing
Undergoing great risks
सब कुछ या कुछ नहीं
67
Neither fish nor fowl
like one thing in some ways and like another thing in other ways
अस्पष्ट
68
Never never land
an imaginary place where everything is pleasant or perfect in a way that is impossible to achieve in real life
69
New kid on the block
Newcomer to a particular place or sphere of the activity
70
Nine days' wonder
A short lived sensation
चार दिन की चांदनी फिर अँधेरी रात (जो केवल थोड़े समय के लिए हो)
71
Nine times out of ten
In most cases
72
Nip in the bud
To stop something at start
73
No dice
Refuse a request / or indication no chance of success
74
No ifs and buts
No doubts
75
No love lost between
Persons who do not like each other at all (nafrat)
76
No spring chicken
A person who is no longer young
77
No strings attached
Without conditions or restrictions
78
Not breathe a word
To remain silent about some secret
79
Not fit to hold a candle
Inferior
to not be as good as the person or thing mentioned
80
Not hold water
Cannot be believed
Does not seems reasonable
81
Not make head or tail
Not able to understand anything
82
Not mince words
To speak in a direct way
83
Not one's cup of tea
Not one's choice or preference
84
Not playing with the full deck
Either mentally, psychologically or intellectually deficient
85
Not see eye to eye with somebody
To have different opinion
86
Not to look a gift horse in the mouth
Not to find faults with the gifts recieved
87
Not to mince matters
To speak frankly and direct
88
Not turn a hair
To show no outward emotion
89
Nothing doing
Not a chance
90
Nothing to sneeze at
Important
91
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
One has make every effort in order to achieve something
92
Now and again
Occasionally
93
Null and void
Invalid
94
Odd man out
Person who doesn't fit in a group
95
Of no avail
Useless
96
Of the first water
Of the best quality
97
Of the old school
old fashioned in thoughts
98
Off and on /on and off
Occasionally/ periodically
99
Off the beaten track
little known
100
Off and cuff
Without preparation
