100 common idioms
1. Throw in the towel – To give up or admit defeat.
āĻšাāϞ āĻেā§ে āĻĻেāĻā§া āĻŦা āĻĒāϰাāĻāϝ় āĻŽেāύে āύেāĻāϝ়া
2. Break the ice – To start a conversation in a social setting.
āĻāĻĨোāĻĒāĻāĻĨāύেāϰ āϏূāĻāύা āĻāϰা
3. Hit the nail on the head – To describe exactly what is causing a problem.
āϏāĻ িāĻāĻাāĻŦে āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻাāϤ āĻāϰা
4. Bite the bullet – To endure a painful experience bravely.
āĻāĻ িāύ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āϏাāĻšāϏেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻš্āϝ āĻāϰা
5. Burn the midnight oil – To work late into the night.
āϰাāϤ āĻেāĻে āĻāĻ োāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽ āĻāϰা
6. Let the cat out of the bag – To reveal a secret unintentionally.
āĻোāĻĒāύ āĻāĻĨা āĻĢাঁāϏ āĻāϰে āĻĢেāϞা
7. Beat around the bush – To avoid talking about the main issue.
āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦিāώāϝ় āĻāĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āĻুāϰিāϝ়ে āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāϞা
8. Cost an arm and a leg – To be very expensive.
āĻুāĻŦ āĻŦ্āϝāϝ়āĻŦāĻšুāϞ āĻšāĻāϝ়া
9. Spill the beans – To disclose secret information.
āĻোāĻĒāύ āĻāĻĨা āĻĢাঁāϏ āĻāϰা
10. Under the weather – Feeling sick or unwell.
āĻ āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āĻŦোāϧ āĻāϰা
11. Hit the sack – To go to bed or sleep.
āĻুāĻŽাāϤে āϝাāĻāϝ়া
12. A piece of cake – Something very easy to do.
āĻুāĻŦ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻিāĻু
13. Cry over spilled milk – To be upset about something that cannot be changed.
āĻ āϤীāϤেāϰ āĻুāϞ āύিāϝ়ে āĻĻুঃāĻ āĻāϰা āϝা āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻāϰা āϏāĻŽ্āĻāĻŦ āύāϝ়
14. Pull someone's leg – To joke with someone playfully.
āĻাāĻāĻে āĻŽāĻা āĻāϰে āĻŦোāĻা āĻŦাāύাāύো
15. On cloud nine – Feeling extremely happy.
āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻুāĻļি āĻšāĻāϝ়া
16. Jump on the bandwagon – To follow a trend or do something because others are doing it.
āĻ āύ্āϝāĻĻেāϰ āĻ āύুāϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰা āĻŦা āĻāύāĻĒ্āϰিāϝ় āĻিāĻুāϤে āϝোāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϝ়া
17. A blessing in disguise – Something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good.
āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽে āĻাāϰাāĻĒ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϞেāĻ āĻĒāϰে āĻাāϞো āĻিāĻু āĻšāĻāϝ়া
18. Curiosity killed the cat – Being too curious can lead to trouble.
āĻ āϤিāϰিāĻ্āϤ āĻৌāϤূāĻšāϞ āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻেāϰ āĻাāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে
19. Kill two birds with one stone – To achieve two things with one action.
āĻāĻāĻি āĻাāĻেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āĻĻুāĻি āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ āĻĒূāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰা
20. The ball is in your court – It’s your turn to take action or make a decision.
āĻāĻāύ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύেāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ āϤোāĻŽাāϰ
21. Bark up the wrong tree – To pursue a mistaken or misguided course of action.
āĻুāϞ āĻĒāĻĨে āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻāϰা
22. Burn bridges – To destroy relationships or opportunities beyond repair.
āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ āĻŦা āϏুāϝোāĻ āύāώ্āĻ āĻāϰে āĻĢেāϞা
23. Hit the books – To study hard.
āĻ āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύে āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻী āĻšāĻāϝ়া
24. Don't put all your eggs in one basket – Don’t risk everything on one plan or investment.
āĻāĻāĻি āĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻāĻĒাāϝ় āĻŦা āĻĒāϰিāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύাāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āύিāϰ্āĻāϰ āύা āĻāϰা
25. Go the extra mile – To put in extra effort to achieve something.
āϏāĻĢāϞāϤাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻ āϤিāϰিāĻ্āϤ āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽ āĻāϰা
26. Back to square one – To start over from the beginning.
āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĨেāĻেāĻ āύāϤুāύ āĻāϰে āĻļুāϰু āĻāϰা
27. Keep your chin up – Stay positive and don’t be discouraged.
āĻāϤ্āĻŽāĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏী āĻĨাāĻা āĻāĻŦং āĻšāϤাāĻļ āύা āĻšāĻāϝ়া
28. Call it a day – To stop working for the day.
āĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻাāĻ āĻļেāώ āĻāϰা
29. Jump the gun – To act too soon without thinking.
āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻĒুāϰোāĻĒুāϰি āύা āĻŦুāĻে āϤাāĻĄ়াāĻšুāĻĄ়ো āĻāϰে āĻাāĻ āĻāϰা
30. Cut to the chase – To get to the point quickly.
āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϞে āϝাāĻāϝ়া
31. Hit the jackpot – To have great success, especially financially.
āĻŦāĻĄ় āϧāϰāύেāϰ āϏাāĻĢāϞ্āϝ āĻĒাāĻāϝ়া
32. Kick the bucket – A humorous way to say someone has died.
āĻŽাāϰা āϝাāĻāϝ়া (āϰāϏিāĻāϤাāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻাāώাāϝ়)
33. Let sleeping dogs lie – Avoid interfering in a situation that could cause trouble.
āĻাāĻŽেāϞা āĻāĻĄ়াāϤে āĻĒুāϰোāύো āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻে āύা āĻাāĻাāύো
34. Play devil’s advocate – To argue against a point just for discussion.
āϤāϰ্āĻেāϰ āĻাāϤিāϰে āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤ āĻŽāϤ āĻĒোāώāĻŖ āĻāϰা
35. Read between the lines – To understand a deeper meaning that is not directly stated.
āĻ āύ্āϤāϰ্āύিāĻšিāϤ āĻ āϰ্āĻĨ āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻāϰা
36. Throw caution to the wind – To take a risk without worrying about the consequences.
āĻুঁāĻি āύেāĻāϝ়া āĻŦা āϏাāĻŦāϧাāύāϤা āĻāĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻāϰা
37. Put your best foot forward – To make a great first impression.
āύিāĻেāĻে āϏেāϰাāĻাāĻŦে āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻāϰা
38. Break a leg – A way to wish someone good luck, especially before a performance.
āĻাāϞো āĻĒাāϰāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻļুāĻāĻাāĻŽāύা āĻাāύাāύো
39. Eat your words – To admit being wrong after making a statement.
āύিāĻেāϰ āĻুāϞ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻাāϰ āĻāϰা
40. The elephant in the room – A big problem or issue that everyone ignores.
āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āϝেāĻা āϏāĻŦাāĻ āĻāĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻāϰāĻে
41. Blow your own trumpet – To brag or talk about your achievements.
āύিāĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļংāϏা āĻāϰা
42. In hot water – In trouble.
āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻে āĻĒāĻĄ়া
43. Sleep on it – To take time to think before making a decision.
āĻাāϞোāĻাāĻŦে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āύেāĻāϝ়া
44. Turn a blind eye – To ignore something wrong or bad.
āĻোāύো āĻুāϞ āĻŦা āĻ āύ্āϝাāϝ় āĻāĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āϝাāĻāϝ়া
45. Face the music – To accept the consequences of one's actions.
āύিāĻেāϰ āĻাāĻেāϰ āĻĢāϞāĻোāĻ āĻāϰা
46. By hook or by crook – By any means necessary.
āϝেāĻোāύোāĻাāĻŦে āĻিāĻু āĻāϰা
47. At the drop of a hat – Instantly, without hesitation.
āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϧা āύা āĻāϰে āϏāĻ্āĻে āϏāĻ্āĻে āĻিāĻু āĻāϰা
48. Burn the candle at both ends – To overwork or exhaust oneself.
āĻ āϤিāϰিāĻ্āϤ āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽ āĻāϰে āύিāĻেāĻে āĻ্āϞাāύ্āϤ āĻāϰা
49. Draw the line – To set a limit on something.
āϏীāĻŽাāϰেāĻা āĻাāύা āĻŦা āϏীāĻŽা āύিāϰ্āϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰা
50. Actions speak louder than words – What people do is more important than what they say.
āĻāĻĨাāϰ āĻেāϝ়ে āĻাāĻāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻৃāϤ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŽাāĻŖ
51. Bite off more than you can chew – To take on more work than you can handle.
āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤাāϰ āĻŦাāĻāϰে āĻিāĻু āĻāϰাāϰ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻāϰা
52. Cold feet – Nervousness before an event.
āĻোāύো āĻাāĻেāϰ āĻāĻে āĻāϝ় āĻŦা āύাāϰ্āĻাāϏ āĻšāĻāϝ়া
53. A penny for your thoughts – Asking someone what they are thinking.
āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻাāĻŦāĻো āĻŦāϞো āϤো?
54. Go down in flames – To fail spectacularly.
āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖāĻাāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāϰ্āĻĨ āĻšāĻāϝ়া
55. Have a sweet tooth – To love sugary foods.
āĻŽিāώ্āĻি āĻাāĻŦাāϰ āĻেāϤে āĻাāϞোāĻŦাāϏা
56. Let bygones be bygones – To forget past conflicts and move on.
āĻ āϤীāϤ āĻুāϞে āϏাāĻŽāύে āĻāĻিāϝ়ে āϝাāĻāϝ়া
57. Out of the blue – Unexpectedly.
āĻšāĻ াā§ āĻāĻŦং āĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝাāĻļিāϤāĻাāĻŦে
58. Take with a grain of salt – To not take something too seriously.
āϏāĻŦāĻিāĻু āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āύা āĻāϰে āϏāύ্āĻĻেāĻš āϰাāĻা
59. Once in a blue moon – Very rarely.
āĻুāĻŦ āĻāĻŽ āĻŦা āĻāĻĻাāĻিā§
60. Pull yourself together – To calm down and regain composure.
āύিāĻেāĻে āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻāϰা āĻāĻŦং āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖে āĻāύা
61. Cut corners – To do something in a cheap or careless way.
āĻļāϰ্āĻāĻাāĻ āύেāĻāϝ়া āĻŦা āύিāĻŽ্āύāĻŽাāύেāϰ āĻাāĻ āĻāϰা
62. Be in the same boat – To be in the same difficult situation as others.
āĻāĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϝ় āĻĒāĻĄ়া
63. Bite the dust – To fail or be defeated.
āĻĒāϰাāĻিāϤ āĻšāĻāϝ়া āĻŦা āĻŦ্āϝāϰ্āĻĨ āĻšāĻāϝ়া
64. Steal someone's thunder – To take credit for someone else’s idea.
āĻ āύ্āϝেāϰ āĻৃāϤিāϤ্āĻŦ āύিāĻেāϰ āĻŦāϞে āĻĻাāĻŦি āĻāϰা
65. A storm in a teacup – A big fuss over a small matter.
āĻোāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻাāĻŽেāϞা āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰা
66. Jump to conclusions – To make a decision without knowing all the facts.
āĻĒāϰিāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āύা āĻেāύেāĻ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύেāĻāϝ়া
67. The last straw – The final problem that causes total failure.
āĻļেāώ āϧাāĻ্āĻা āϝা āϏāĻŦ āĻিāĻু āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻāϰে āĻĻেāϝ়
68. Off the hook – Free from responsibility or trouble.
āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦা āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŽুāĻ্āϤি āĻĒাāĻāϝ়া
69. Throw cold water on something – To discourage or criticize an idea.
āĻোāύো āĻিāĻুāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āύেāϤিāĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻŽāύোāĻাāĻŦ āĻĻেāĻাāύো
70. Blow things out of proportion – To exaggerate a problem.
āĻ āϤিāϰিāĻ্āϤ āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻāϰে āĻĻেāĻাāύো
71. Stick to your guns – To keep your opinion despite opposition.
āύিāĻেāϰ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤে āĻ āĻāϞ āĻĨাāĻা
72. Make a long story short – To summarize something quickly.
āϏংāĻ্āώেāĻĒে āĻŦāϞা
73. Leave no stone unturned – To try everything possible.
āϝেāĻোāύো āĻāĻĒাāϝ়ে āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻāϰা
74. Hit rock bottom – To reach the lowest point.
āĻāĻেāĻŦাāϰে āĻাāϰাāĻĒ āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ় āĻāϞে āϝাāĻāϝ়া
75. Play it by ear – To act without a fixed plan.
āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻ āύুāϝাāϝ়ী āĻাāĻ āĻāϰা
76. Get cold feet – To become nervous before an important event.
āĻোāύো āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻাāĻেāϰ āĻāĻে āύাāϰ্āĻাāϏ āĻšāĻāϝ়া
77. Look before you leap – Think before taking action.
āĻোāύো āĻাāĻ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāĻে āĻাāϞোāĻাāĻŦে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻāϰা
78. Go out on a limb – To take a risk.
āĻুঁāĻি āύেāĻāϝ়া
79. Keep something at bay – To keep something away or under control.
āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖে āϰাāĻা āĻŦা āĻĻূāϰে āϰাāĻা
80. Throw someone under the bus – To betray someone for personal gain.
āύিāĻেāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāϰ্āĻĨে āĻাāĻāĻে āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻে āĻĢেāϞা
81. Bite the hand that feeds you – To harm someone who helps you.
āϝে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰে, āϤাāĻেāĻ āĻ্āώāϤি āĻāϰা।
82. Caught between a rock and a hard place – Stuck between two difficult choices.
āĻĻুāĻ āĻāĻ িāύ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϰ āĻŽাāĻে āĻāĻāĻে āϝাāĻāϝ়া।
83. Don’t cry wolf – Don’t raise false alarms.
āĻŽিāĻĨ্āϝা āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāϞে āĻāϤāĻ্āĻ āϏৃāώ্āĻি āύা āĻāϰা।
84. Every cloud has a silver lining – Every bad situation has some good in it.
āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝেāĻ āĻাāϰাāĻĒ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝেāĻ āĻিāĻু āĻাāϞো āĻĻিāĻ āĻĨাāĻে।
85. Get a taste of your own medicine – To experience the same bad treatment you give others.
āϝেāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻ āύ্āϝāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়, āϤেāĻŽāύāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĻাāύ āĻĒাāĻāϝ়া।
86. Keep your fingers crossed – To hope for a good result.
āĻাāϞো āĻিāĻুāϰ āĻāĻļা āĻāϰা।
87. Lay all your cards on the table – To be completely honest.
āĻĒুāϰো āϏāϤ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ āĻāϰা।
88. Paddle your own canoe – To be independent.
āύিāĻেāϰ āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ āύিāĻেāĻ āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻāϰা।
89. Put all your ducks in a row – To get organized.
āϏāĻŦāĻিāĻু āϏুāϏংāĻāĻ িāϤ āĻāϰা।
90. Spill the tea – To share gossip.
āĻোāĻĒāύ āĻŦা āĻŽāĻাāϰ āĻāĻŦāϰ āĻĢাঁāϏ āĻāϰা।
91. Throw your hat in the ring – To enter a competition.
āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϝোāĻিāϤাāϝ় āĻ ংāĻļ āύেāĻāϝ়া।
92. Walk on eggshells – To be very careful about what you say or do.
āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āϏāϤāϰ্āĻāĻাāĻŦে āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāϞা āĻŦা āĻাāĻ āĻāϰা।
93. When pigs fly – Something that will never happen.
āĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻāĻŦ āĻিāĻু।
94. Zip your lips – To stop talking.
āĻুāĻĒ āĻĨাāĻা।
95. Put a sock in it – A rude way to tell someone to be quiet.
āĻুāĻĒ āĻāϰāϤে āĻŦāϞা।
96. Throw a spanner in the works – To disrupt a plan or process.
āĻĒāϰিāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύাāϝ় āĻŦাāϧা āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻāϰা।
97. Have a chip on your shoulder – To be easily offended.
āϏāĻŦāĻিāĻুāϤে āϰেāĻে āϝাāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤা।
98. Give someone the cold shoulder – To ignore someone.
āĻাāϰো āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻ āĻŦāĻšেāϞা āĻŦা āĻāĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻāϰা।
99. Bark is worse than his bite – Someone seems more threatening than they actually are.
āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻāϝ়āĻ্āĻāϰ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϞেāĻ āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦে āĻ্āώāϤিāĻāϰ āύāϝ়।
100. Fly off the handle – To suddenly become very angry.
āĻšāĻ াā§ āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āϰেāĻে āϝাāĻāϝ়া।
Happy learning with Noor E Alam, University of Dhaka

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