Monday, February 17, 2025

Idioms

 


100 common idioms

1. Throw in the towel – To give up or admit defeat.

āĻšাāϞ āĻ›ে⧜ে āĻĻেāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻŦা āĻĒāϰাāϜāϝ় āĻŽেāύে āύেāĻ“āϝ়া



2. Break the ice – To start a conversation in a social setting.

āĻ•āĻĨোāĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύেāϰ āϏূāϚāύা āĻ•āϰা



3. Hit the nail on the head – To describe exactly what is causing a problem.

āϏāĻ িāĻ•āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āφāϘাāϤ āĻ•āϰা



4. Bite the bullet – To endure a painful experience bravely.

āĻ•āĻ িāύ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āϏাāĻšāϏেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻš্āϝ āĻ•āϰা



5. Burn the midnight oil – To work late into the night.

āϰাāϤ āϜেāĻ—ে āĻ•āĻ োāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰা



6. Let the cat out of the bag – To reveal a secret unintentionally.

āĻ—োāĻĒāύ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĢাঁāϏ āĻ•āϰে āĻĢেāϞা



7. Beat around the bush – To avoid talking about the main issue.

āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦিāώāϝ় āĻāĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āϘুāϰিāϝ়ে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞা



8. Cost an arm and a leg – To be very expensive.

āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻŦ্āϝāϝ়āĻŦāĻšুāϞ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া



9. Spill the beans – To disclose secret information.

āĻ—োāĻĒāύ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĢাঁāϏ āĻ•āϰা



10. Under the weather – Feeling sick or unwell.

āĻ…āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āĻŦোāϧ āĻ•āϰা



11. Hit the sack – To go to bed or sleep.

āϘুāĻŽাāϤে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়া



12. A piece of cake – Something very easy to do.

āĻ–ুāĻŦ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•িāĻ›ু



13. Cry over spilled milk – To be upset about something that cannot be changed.

āĻ…āϤীāϤেāϰ āĻ­ুāϞ āύিāϝ়ে āĻĻুঃāĻ– āĻ•āϰা āϝা āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻ•āϰা āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦ āύāϝ়



14. Pull someone's leg – To joke with someone playfully.

āĻ•াāωāĻ•ে āĻŽāϜা āĻ•āϰে āĻŦোāĻ•া āĻŦাāύাāύো



15. On cloud nine – Feeling extremely happy.

āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻ–ুāĻļি āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া



16. Jump on the bandwagon – To follow a trend or do something because others are doing it.

āĻ…āύ্āϝāĻĻেāϰ āĻ…āύুāϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰা āĻŦা āϜāύāĻĒ্āϰিāϝ় āĻ•িāĻ›ুāϤে āϝোāĻ— āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়া



17. A blessing in disguise – Something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good.

āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽে āĻ–াāϰাāĻĒ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϞেāĻ“ āĻĒāϰে āĻ­াāϞো āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া



18. Curiosity killed the cat – Being too curious can lead to trouble.

āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•ৌāϤূāĻšāϞ āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে



19. Kill two birds with one stone – To achieve two things with one action.

āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ•াāϜেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āĻĻুāϟি āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ āĻĒূāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰা



20. The ball is in your court – It’s your turn to take action or make a decision.

āĻāĻ–āύ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύেāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ āϤোāĻŽাāϰ



21. Bark up the wrong tree – To pursue a mistaken or misguided course of action.

āĻ­ুāϞ āĻĒāĻĨে āϚেāώ্āϟা āĻ•āϰা



22. Burn bridges – To destroy relationships or opportunities beyond repair.

āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ• āĻŦা āϏুāϝোāĻ— āύāώ্āϟ āĻ•āϰে āĻĢেāϞা



23. Hit the books – To study hard.

āĻ…āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύে āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ—ী āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া



24. Don't put all your eggs in one basket – Don’t risk everything on one plan or investment.

āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āωāĻĒাāϝ় āĻŦা āĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύাāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰ āύা āĻ•āϰা



25. Go the extra mile – To put in extra effort to achieve something.

āϏāĻĢāϞāϤাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰা



26. Back to square one – To start over from the beginning.

āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĨেāĻ•েāχ āύāϤুāύ āĻ•āϰে āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰা



27. Keep your chin up – Stay positive and don’t be discouraged.

āφāϤ্āĻŽāĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏী āĻĨাāĻ•া āĻāĻŦং āĻšāϤাāĻļ āύা āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া



28. Call it a day – To stop working for the day.

āĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻ•াāϜ āĻļেāώ āĻ•āϰা



29. Jump the gun – To act too soon without thinking.

āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻĒুāϰোāĻĒুāϰি āύা āĻŦুāĻে āϤাāĻĄ়াāĻšুāĻĄ়ো āĻ•āϰে āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰা



30. Cut to the chase – To get to the point quickly.

āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚāϞে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়া



31. Hit the jackpot – To have great success, especially financially.

āĻŦāĻĄ় āϧāϰāύেāϰ āϏাāĻĢāϞ্āϝ āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়া



32. Kick the bucket – A humorous way to say someone has died.

āĻŽাāϰা āϝাāĻ“āϝ়া (āϰāϏিāĻ•āϤাāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻ­াāώাāϝ়)



33. Let sleeping dogs lie – Avoid interfering in a situation that could cause trouble.

āĻাāĻŽেāϞা āĻāĻĄ়াāϤে āĻĒুāϰোāύো āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻ•ে āύা āϜাāĻ—াāύো



34. Play devil’s advocate – To argue against a point just for discussion.

āϤāϰ্āĻ•েāϰ āĻ–াāϤিāϰে āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤ āĻŽāϤ āĻĒোāώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰা



35. Read between the lines – To understand a deeper meaning that is not directly stated.

āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰ্āύিāĻšিāϤ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āĻŦুāĻāϤে āϚেāώ্āϟা āĻ•āϰা



36. Throw caution to the wind – To take a risk without worrying about the consequences.

āĻুঁāĻ•ি āύেāĻ“āϝ়া āĻŦা āϏাāĻŦāϧাāύāϤা āωāĻĒেāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰা



37. Put your best foot forward – To make a great first impression.

āύিāϜেāĻ•ে āϏেāϰাāĻ­াāĻŦে āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰা



38. Break a leg – A way to wish someone good luck, especially before a performance.

āĻ­াāϞো āĻĒাāϰāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻļুāĻ­āĻ•াāĻŽāύা āϜাāύাāύো



39. Eat your words – To admit being wrong after making a statement.

āύিāϜেāϰ āĻ­ুāϞ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āϰা



40. The elephant in the room – A big problem or issue that everyone ignores.

āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āϝেāϟা āϏāĻŦাāχ āωāĻĒেāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰāĻ›ে



41. Blow your own trumpet – To brag or talk about your achievements.

āύিāϜেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļংāϏা āĻ•āϰা



42. In hot water – In trouble.

āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻে āĻĒāĻĄ়া



43. Sleep on it – To take time to think before making a decision.

āĻ­াāϞোāĻ­াāĻŦে āϚিāύ্āϤা āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āύেāĻ“āϝ়া



44. Turn a blind eye – To ignore something wrong or bad.

āĻ•োāύো āĻ­ুāϞ āĻŦা āĻ…āύ্āϝাāϝ় āĻāĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়া



45. Face the music – To accept the consequences of one's actions.

āύিāϜেāϰ āĻ•াāϜেāϰ āĻĢāϞāĻ­োāĻ— āĻ•āϰা



46. By hook or by crook – By any means necessary.

āϝেāĻ•োāύোāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ•āϰা



47. At the drop of a hat – Instantly, without hesitation.

āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϧা āύা āĻ•āϰে āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ•āϰা



48. Burn the candle at both ends – To overwork or exhaust oneself.

āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻĒāϰিāĻļ্āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰে āύিāϜেāĻ•ে āĻ•্āϞাāύ্āϤ āĻ•āϰা



49. Draw the line – To set a limit on something.

āϏীāĻŽাāϰেāĻ–া āϟাāύা āĻŦা āϏীāĻŽা āύিāϰ্āϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰা



50. Actions speak louder than words – What people do is more important than what they say.

āĻ•āĻĨাāϰ āϚেāϝ়ে āĻ•াāϜāχ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŽাāĻŖ



51. Bite off more than you can chew – To take on more work than you can handle.

āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤাāϰ āĻŦাāχāϰে āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϚেāώ্āϟা āĻ•āϰা



52. Cold feet – Nervousness before an event.

āĻ•োāύো āĻ•াāϜেāϰ āφāĻ—ে āĻ­āϝ় āĻŦা āύাāϰ্āĻ­াāϏ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া



53. A penny for your thoughts – Asking someone what they are thinking.

āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•ি āĻ­াāĻŦāĻ›ো āĻŦāϞো āϤো?



54. Go down in flames – To fail spectacularly.

āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāϰ্āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া



55. Have a sweet tooth – To love sugary foods.

āĻŽিāώ্āϟি āĻ–াāĻŦাāϰ āĻ–েāϤে āĻ­াāϞোāĻŦাāϏা



56. Let bygones be bygones – To forget past conflicts and move on.

āĻ…āϤীāϤ āĻ­ুāϞে āϏাāĻŽāύে āĻāĻ—িāϝ়ে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়া



57. Out of the blue – Unexpectedly.

āĻšāĻ াā§Ž āĻāĻŦং āĻ…āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝাāĻļিāϤāĻ­াāĻŦে



58. Take with a grain of salt – To not take something too seriously.

āϏāĻŦāĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āύা āĻ•āϰে āϏāύ্āĻĻেāĻš āϰাāĻ–া



59. Once in a blue moon – Very rarely.

āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦা āĻ•āĻĻাāϚিā§Ž



60. Pull yourself together – To calm down and regain composure.

āύিāϜেāĻ•ে āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻ•āϰা āĻāĻŦং āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖে āφāύা




61. Cut corners – To do something in a cheap or careless way.

āĻļāϰ্āϟāĻ•াāϟ āύেāĻ“āϝ়া āĻŦা āύিāĻŽ্āύāĻŽাāύেāϰ āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰা



62. Be in the same boat – To be in the same difficult situation as others.

āĻāĻ•āχ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϝ় āĻĒāĻĄ়া



63. Bite the dust – To fail or be defeated.

āĻĒāϰাāϜিāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া āĻŦা āĻŦ্āϝāϰ্āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া



64. Steal someone's thunder – To take credit for someone else’s idea.

āĻ…āύ্āϝেāϰ āĻ•ৃāϤিāϤ্āĻŦ āύিāϜেāϰ āĻŦāϞে āĻĻাāĻŦি āĻ•āϰা



65. A storm in a teacup – A big fuss over a small matter.

āĻ›োāϟ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻাāĻŽেāϞা āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰা



66. Jump to conclusions – To make a decision without knowing all the facts.

āĻĒāϰিāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āύা āϜেāύেāχ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύেāĻ“āϝ়া



67. The last straw – The final problem that causes total failure.

āĻļেāώ āϧাāĻ•্āĻ•া āϝা āϏāĻŦ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻ•āϰে āĻĻেāϝ়



68. Off the hook – Free from responsibility or trouble.

āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦা āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤি āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়া



69. Throw cold water on something – To discourage or criticize an idea.

āĻ•োāύো āĻ•িāĻ›ুāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āύেāϤিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻŽāύোāĻ­াāĻŦ āĻĻেāĻ–াāύো



70. Blow things out of proportion – To exaggerate a problem.

āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻ•āϰে āĻĻেāĻ–াāύো



71. Stick to your guns – To keep your opinion despite opposition.

āύিāϜেāϰ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤে āĻ…āϟāϞ āĻĨাāĻ•া



72. Make a long story short – To summarize something quickly.

āϏংāĻ•্āώেāĻĒে āĻŦāϞা



73. Leave no stone unturned – To try everything possible.

āϝেāĻ•োāύো āωāĻĒাāϝ়ে āϚেāώ্āϟা āĻ•āϰা



74. Hit rock bottom – To reach the lowest point.

āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাāϰে āĻ–াāϰাāĻĒ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ় āϚāϞে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়া



75. Play it by ear – To act without a fixed plan.

āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻ…āύুāϝাāϝ়ী āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰা



76. Get cold feet – To become nervous before an important event.

āĻ•োāύো āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻ•াāϜেāϰ āφāĻ—ে āύাāϰ্āĻ­াāϏ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়া



77. Look before you leap – Think before taking action.

āĻ•োāύো āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āφāĻ—ে āĻ­াāϞোāĻ­াāĻŦে āϚিāύ্āϤা āĻ•āϰা



78. Go out on a limb – To take a risk.

āĻুঁāĻ•ি āύেāĻ“āϝ়া



79. Keep something at bay – To keep something away or under control.

āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖে āϰাāĻ–া āĻŦা āĻĻূāϰে āϰাāĻ–া



80. Throw someone under the bus – To betray someone for personal gain.

āύিāϜেāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāϰ্āĻĨে āĻ•াāωāĻ•ে āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻে āĻĢেāϞা



81. Bite the hand that feeds you – To harm someone who helps you.

āϝে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰে, āϤাāĻ•েāχ āĻ•্āώāϤি āĻ•āϰা।


82. Caught between a rock and a hard place – Stuck between two difficult choices.

āĻĻুāχ āĻ•āĻ িāύ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϰ āĻŽাāĻে āφāϟāĻ•ে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়া।


83. Don’t cry wolf – Don’t raise false alarms.

āĻŽিāĻĨ্āϝা āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞে āφāϤāĻ™্āĻ• āϏৃāώ্āϟি āύা āĻ•āϰা।


84. Every cloud has a silver lining – Every bad situation has some good in it.

āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝেāĻ• āĻ–াāϰাāĻĒ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝেāĻ“ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ­াāϞো āĻĻিāĻ• āĻĨাāĻ•ে।


85. Get a taste of your own medicine – To experience the same bad treatment you give others.

āϝেāĻŽāύ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ…āύ্āϝāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϝ়, āϤেāĻŽāύāχ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĻাāύ āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়া।


86. Keep your fingers crossed – To hope for a good result.

āĻ­াāϞো āĻ•িāĻ›ুāϰ āφāĻļা āĻ•āϰা।


87. Lay all your cards on the table – To be completely honest.

āĻĒুāϰো āϏāϤ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āϰা।


88. Paddle your own canoe – To be independent.

āύিāϜেāϰ āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ āύিāϜেāχ āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻ•āϰা।


89. Put all your ducks in a row – To get organized.

āϏāĻŦāĻ•িāĻ›ু āϏুāϏংāĻ—āĻ িāϤ āĻ•āϰা।


90. Spill the tea – To share gossip.

āĻ—োāĻĒāύ āĻŦা āĻŽāϜাāϰ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āĻĢাঁāϏ āĻ•āϰা।


91. Throw your hat in the ring – To enter a competition.

āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϝোāĻ—িāϤাāϝ় āĻ…ংāĻļ āύেāĻ“āϝ়া।


92. Walk on eggshells – To be very careful about what you say or do.

āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āϏāϤāϰ্āĻ•āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞা āĻŦা āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰা।


93. When pigs fly – Something that will never happen.

āĻ…āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•িāĻ›ু।


94. Zip your lips – To stop talking.

āϚুāĻĒ āĻĨাāĻ•া।


95. Put a sock in it – A rude way to tell someone to be quiet.

āϚুāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻŦāϞা।


96. Throw a spanner in the works – To disrupt a plan or process.

āĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύাāϝ় āĻŦাāϧা āϏৃāώ্āϟি āĻ•āϰা।


97. Have a chip on your shoulder – To be easily offended.

āϏāĻŦāĻ•িāĻ›ুāϤে āϰেāĻ—ে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤা।


98. Give someone the cold shoulder – To ignore someone.

āĻ•াāϰো āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻ…āĻŦāĻšেāϞা āĻŦা āωāĻĒেāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰা।


99. Bark is worse than his bite – Someone seems more threatening than they actually are.

āĻĻেāĻ–āϤে āĻ­āϝ়āĻ™্āĻ•āϰ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϞেāĻ“ āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦে āĻ•্āώāϤিāĻ•āϰ āύāϝ়।


100. Fly off the handle – To suddenly become very angry.

āĻšāĻ াā§Ž āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āϰেāĻ—ে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়া।



Happy learning with Noor E Alam, University of Dhaka

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