Part 2 Flashcards
Above board
Honest and straightforward
Adam’s ale
Pure water
Add insult to injury
To harm as well as humiliate
After one’s own heart
Similar to you
An eye wash
A pretence दिखवा
A hair breath escape
Very narrow escape
A lost ball in the weeds
Completely lost or confused
An old flame
Long time love
An old head on young shoulder
To become more matured than one’s own age
As fit as a fiddle
Strong and healthy
Assume airs
To pretend superiority
At large
Absconding, कानून की गिरफ्त से दूर
Under the nose of
Right in front of someone
Under the thumb of
Under the power or influence of
Up and doing
Active in work
Up one’s sleeves
An item kept hidden and used whenever required
Uphill task
Difficult task
Upon one’s sweet will
On self desire or wish
Utopian scheme
A visionary scheme through impractical
Weather the storm
Survive by coming out of difficulties
Wet blanket
One who spoils the enjoyment
Wheels within wheels
A series of intricately connected events, जटिल कार्य का और जटिल होना
White elephant
Expensive but of no use
White lie
A Minor lie
Will o’ the wisp
Unreal , Elusive
Windfall
Sudden gain received unexpectedly
With a grain of salt
To accept with misgiving, स्वीकार करना लेकिन शंका के साथ
With one accord
Unanimously
Wolf in sheep’s clothing
मित्रता जताने वाला खतरनाक आदमी
Word for word
In exactly the same word
Word of mouth
Informal oral communication
Yeoman’s service
Excellent work
At loggerheads
शत्रुता की अवस्था
At naught
To disregard or treat as of no importance असम्मान करना
At odds
In disagreement
At sea
To be confused
Backstairs influence
Improper and private influence
Bad egg
A worthless person
Bandy words
To argue
Bank upon
Depend on
Bated breath
Holding your breath, In anxiety
Be in the bad books of or bad odour of
Out of favour
Be in the good books of or be in the good odour of
To be in kind favour or good favour
Be in the driving seat
To take the whole responsibility
Bear the palm
To be victorious
Beat the air
To make useless efforts
Be in one’s bonnet
Go on talking about something which other people think is not important
Behind the scenes
Secretly
Below the belt
To strike unfairly
Beside oneself
To feel extremely nervous or worried
Beside the mark
Irrelevant
Between scylla and charybdis
Between two great dangers
Bid defiance
To defy or refuse
Bite the dust
To be defeated
Blaze the trail
To be pioneer and make path for others
Blessing in disguise
something that seems bad or unlucky at first, but results in something good happening later:
Blow one’s own trumpet
To praise one’s own self
Blue stocking
An educated intellectual lady
Book worm
किताबी कीड़ा
Break the ice
To break silence by speaking first
Bringing down the house
Receive great applause
Bring home
To explain
Bring to light
To disclose
Brow beat
To disclose डराना
Burn one’s boats
Point of no return
By and by
Gradually धीरे धीरे
By and large
On the whole संपूर्ण रूप से देखने पर
By dint of
By means of के वल पर
By fair and foul means
By any way right or wrong
सही या ग़लत किसी भी प्रकार से
By the rule of thumb
According to practical experience
Call a spade a spade
To be Frank
Call names
To abuse
Capital punishment
Death panalty
Carrot and stick policy
Reward and punishment policy
Carry matters with a high hand
To deal with a person strictly
Cast a slur
To bring disgrace, damage
Cave in
Yield झुक जाना
Chapter and verse
In full detail
Cheek by jowl
Close together
Child’s play
A very easy task
Clinch the issue
To clear the controversy
Clip one’s wings
To weaken the power
Cloven hoof
Symbol of disgrace or evil intention
Cock a snook
To show impudent contempt
असम्मान प्रकट करना
Cock sure
Very sure and certain
Cold reception
Not a wealthy welcome
Come across
Meet by chance
Come home to
To understand
Come in handy
To be useful
Come to pass
A difficult situation
Come true
To prove true
Cool one’s heels
To be kept waiting
Corporal punishment
Bodily punishment
Count chicken before they are hatchet
To anticipate profit before hand
Cross one’s mind
अचानक दिमाग में आना
Curry favour
To win favour by flattery
Curtain lecture
A private scolding by wife to her husband
Cut both ends
To argue in support of both sides of the issue
Cut the gordian knot
To solve a difficult problem
Cut throat
Tough कठिन
