Important 100 Idioms/Phrases

1. A Done Deal

• An agreement that has been finalized
• (एक सौदा जिसे पूरा कर दिया गया है)

2. A Bad Egg

• Someone who behaves in a bad or dishonest way.
• (बुरा और अविश्वाशी व्यक्ति)

3. A Bag Of Bones

• A very thin person or animal.
• (बहुत कमजोर इंसान/जानवर)

4. A Beast Of Burden 

• A draught animal that carries or pulls heavy loads, such as a donkey, mule, llama, camel, horse or ox.
• (कामगार पशु)

5. A Bed Of Roses 

• A situation or activity that is comfortable or easy.
• (आसान काम)

6. A Bed Of Thorns 

• Full of difficulties.
• (काफी दुःखद)

7. A Bee In One's Bonnet 

• To be obsessed with a certain idea, to be preoccupied with something.
• (विचारमग्न होना)

8. A Big Gun 

• Someone who has an important or powerful position.
• A person or company with a lot of power and influence.
• (महत्वपूर्ण अथवा शक्तिशाली व्यक्ति/कम्पनी)

9. A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush

• it's better to hold onto something one has already than to risk losing it by trying to attain something better.
• (उपलब्ध चीज़, अनुपलब्ध चीजों से अधिक मूल्यवान होती हैं।)

10. A Bird Of Passage 

• A transient, one who is here today and gone tomorrow.
• (एक जगह स्थिर न रहने वाला)

11. A Bird Of Prey 

• A bird, such as an eagle or a hawk, that kills and eats small birds and animals.
• (क्रूर पक्षी)

12. A Bird's Eye View 

• An overall or cursory look at something.
• (सरसरी निगाह से देखना)

13. A Bit Of 

• A small portion, degree, or amount.
• (संक्षिप्त में कहना/करना)

14. A Black Sheep 

• A worthless or disreputable family member.
• (बेकार/गवारा आदमी)

15. A Blessing In Disguise 

• Something that seems bad or unlucky at first, but results in something good happening later.
• (छिपी हुई वरदान)

16. A Blue Stocking 

• An intelligent and well-educated woman who spends most of her time studying and is therefore not approved of by some men.
• (ज्ञानी व चालाक औरत)

17. A Bolt From The Blue 

• A sudden, unexpected and Unpleasant event.
• (अचानक बुरी खबर)

18. A Bone Of Contention 

• The main issue of a disagreement; something to quarrel about.
• (फसाद की जड़)

19. A Bone To Pick

• A grievance that needs to be talked out.
• (एक समस्या जिसे निपटाना जरूरी हो)

20. A Broken Reed 

• Weak or unreliable support.
• (एक कमजोर व अविश्वाशी व्यक्ति)
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• 1. A Brown Study

  • The condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings: absent-mindedness, abstraction, bemusement, daydreaming, muse, reverie, study, trance.
  • (सपनों में खोये रहना)

  2. A Bundle

  • A number of things or a quantity of material gathered or loosely bound together.
  • (किसी चीज की अधिक मात्रा)

  3. A Burning Questions

  • An urgent or crucial issue under heated discussion.
  • (एक ज्वलंत मुद्दा)

  4. A Cash Cow

  • A product or service that makes a lot of money over a long period of time for the company that sells it, often money that is used to support the company's other activities.
  • (आमदनी का निरंतर स्रोत)

  5. A Cast The Eye

  • Aslight squint.
  • To look at something quickly and perfunctorily.
  • (तिरछी नजर से देखना)

  6. A Cat and Dog Life

  • A life in which partners are constantly or frequently quarrelling.
  • (कलहपूर्ण/झगड़ों से भरा जीवन)

  7. A Cat In Gloves Catches No Mice

  • Being too careful or too polite can actually cause a person to be unsuccessful in reaching his or her goal.
  • (ज्यादा होशियारी ले डूबेगी)

  8. A Cat's Paw

  • A person used by another as a tool ; dupe.
  • (किसी के इसारे पर नाचने वाला; भोला-भला इंसान)

  9. A Chain Is No Stronger Than Its Weakest Link

  • A group is only as strong or successful as its weakest or least successful member.
  • (कमजोर पहलु सबसे खतरनाक होता है)

  10. A Chicken-Hearted Person

  • Someone who is easily scared or cowardly in nature.
  • (कायर/बुजदिल इंसान)

  11. A Child's Play

  • An extremely simple task or act.
  • (एक आसान काम)

  12. A Chink In Someon's Armour

  • A fault in someone's character or an argument that may cause problems for them.
  • (किसी में कोई कमी जो उसके मुसीबत बनता है)

  13. A Chip Off The Old Block

  • Someone who resembles their parent in character or appearance.
  • (स्वभाव में बिलकुल अपने माँ-बाप की तरह होना)

  14. A Chip On Your Shoulder

  • Being angry about something that happened in the past; holding a grudge.
  • (अतीत को याद करके पछताना)

  15. A Clean Slate

  • A situation in which everything bad or wrong that you have done in the past is forgiven or forgotten, and you can make a new start. 
  • (एक नई शुरुआत)

  16. A Close Shave

  • A narrow escape from serious danger or trouble.
  • (दुर्घटना से बाल-बाल बचना)

  17. A Close-Fisted Man

  • Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money; Miser.
  • (कंजूस इंसान)

  18. A Cock and Bull Story

  • A wildly exaggerated or falsified story or explanation.
  • (बकवास/फ़ालतू/मनगढ़ंत कहानी)

  19. A Cog In The Machine

  • Someone or something that is functionally necessary but of small significance or importance within a larger operation or organization.
  • (उच्च पद पर बैठा गैर जरुरी इंसान)

  20. A Cold Blooded Murder

  • Murdered In a purposely ruthless and unfeeling manner
  • (नृशंस हत्या)
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  1. A Cold Reception

  • Half-hearted welcome.
  • (बेमन से स्वागत करना)

  2. A Cold Shoulder

  •  To deliberately ignore someone in an unfriendly way.
  • (किसी को जानबूझकर नज़रअंदाज़ करना)

  3. A Cool Head

  • To stay calm in a difficult situation.
  • (कभी घबराने नहीं वाला)

  4. A Cry For The Moon

  • Want the impossible.
  • (असंभव इक्षा)

  5.  A Cry In The Wilderness

  • A warning of a danger given by a person or small group which most people do not pay any attention to.
  • (खतरे की घंटी)

  6. A Curtain Lecture

  • A scolding or rebuke given in private, esp by a wife to her husband.
  • (पत्नी की डाँट)

  7. A Dark Horse

  •  A little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition of some sort, or a contestant that seems unlikely to succeed.
  • (अप्रत्यशित विजेता)

  8. A Day Late and A Dollar Short

  • Action that was taken too late and is too feeble to be of any use.
  • (पल भर की देरी काम डुबाये)

  9. A Dead Language

  • Language No Longer Being Used.
  • (निष्प्रभावी भाषा)

  10. A Dead Letter

  • A letter that is unable to be delivered to the recipient or returned to the sender; No Longer In Use.
  • (निष्प्रभावी)

  11. A Dead Lock

  • A situation where a set of processes are blocked because each process is holding a resource and waiting for another resource acquired by some other process.
  • (किसी काम में अड़चन)

  12. A Die Hard

  • Strongly or fanatically determined or devoted; Stubborn.
  • (जिद्दी, हठीला)

  13. A Different Kettle Of Fish

  • To be completely different from something or someone else that has been talked about.
  • (दूसरों से बिल्कुल अलग होना)

  14. A Dime a Dozen

  • Very common and of no particular value.
  • (आसान व साधारण)

  15. A Dog In  The Manger

  • A person who spitefully refuses to let someone else benefit from something for which he or she has no personal use.
  • (दूसरों की मौज-मस्ती में बाधा डालने वाला)

  16. A Double Agent

  • Someone who works as a spy for a particular country or organization, but who also works for its enemies.
  • (जो दोनों तरफ से जासूसी करता हो)

  17. A Doubting Thomas

  • A skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience.
  • (बिना व्यक्तिगत प्रयोग के किसी धारणा को नहीं मानने वाला)

  18. A Drop In The Bucket

  • A very small amount compared with what is needed or expected.
  • (ऊँट के मुँह में जीरा)

  19. A Drop In The Ocean

  • A very small amount compared with what is needed or expected.
  • (ऊँट के मुँह में जीरा)

  20. A Drug In The Market

  • A commodity no longer in demand and so is commercially valueless or unsaleable.
  • (अनुपयुक्त वस्तु)
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• 1. A Fair Hand

  • Good handwritting.
  • Do Something Oneself.
  • (अच्छी लिखावट; बिना किसी की सहायता के कुछ करना)

  2. A Fair Weather Friend

  • Someone who remains a friend only when things are going well but abandons others during times of trouble or difficulty.
  • (अच्छे समय का दोस्त, बुरे समय का दुश्मन)

  3. A Far Cry

  • A great distance; long way. a thing much different.
  • (दूर की बात होना)

  4. A Fatal Disease

  • A disease that ends in death.
  • (एक घातक रोग)

  5. A Feather In One's Cap

  • An accomplishment or achievement that one takes pride in. 
  • (कोई नई महान उपलब्धि)

  6. A Fish Out Of Water

  • A person in a completely unsuitable environment or situation.
  • (पूरी तरह से अनुपयुक्त वातावरण या स्थिति में एक व्यक्ति; बेचैन आदमी)

  7. A Hair Breadth Escape

  • Very close escape.
  • (बाल बाल बच जाना)

  8. A Fly In The Ointment

  • A single thing or person that is spoiling a situation that could have been very positive or enjoyable.
  • (दूसरों की खुशी को बिगाड़ने वाला)

  9. A Flying Visit

  • A visit that only lasts a very short time.
  • (क्षणस्थायी मुलाक़ात)

  10. A Fool and His Money Are Easily Parted

  • Someone who is foolish can easily lose their money as it would beeasy to dupe them out of it.
  • (भोला-भाला इंसान जिसे आसानी से ठगा जा सके; पप्पू)

  11. A Fool's Paradise

  • State of delusive contentment or false hope.
  • (काल्पनिक स्वर्ग, झूठी खुशी, हवाई किला)

  12. A Forced Landing

  • An emergency airplane landing made under some compulsion of circumstance (as engine failure, adverse weather conditions) Etc.
  • (आपातकालीन उतराव)

  13. A Forced March

  • A movement on foot by soldiers or military prisoners, who must, in order to satisfy a military requirement, travel at a speed or in adverse conditions that would normally tire them excessively.
  • (आकस्मिक हलचल)

  14. A Foregone Conclusion

  • A result that can be predicted with certainty.
  • (पहले से किया हुआ फ़ैसला)

  15. A Forlorn Hope

  • A faint remaining hope or chance; a desperate attempt.
  • (निराश आशा)

  16. A Free Port

  • A port or airport where goods can be brought in from foreign countries without payment of duty if they are going to be exported again.
  • (शुल्क-विहीन बंदरगाह)

  17. A French Window

  • A pair of casement windows that reaches to the floor, opens in the middle, and is placed in an exterior wall.
  • (ऐसा द्वार जो खिड़की का काम भी करता हो)

  18. A Fresh Pair Of Eyes

  • Examine something carefully. 
  • (किसी चीज की बारीकी से जाँच करना)

  19. A Freudian Slip

  • A speaker's unintentional mistake revealing his true thoughts.
  • (अवचेतन मन की भावनाओं को प्रकट करने वाली भूल)

  20. A Friend at Court

  • An influential acquaintance who can promote one's interests .
  • (एक व्यक्ति जो दूसरों की इक्षा को पूर्ण करने में मदद करता है)

  21. A Gala-Day

  • A day of sports, entertainment, etc, often organized in order to raise money for a charity, cause, school, etc.
  • (ख़ुशी के दिन)

  22. A Go-Getter

  • A person who is ambitious and who isn't afraid to ask for and pursue what he wants.
  • (एक साहसी व निर्भय इंसान)

  23. A Going Concern

  • A Successful Business.
  • (सफल व्यापार)

  24. A Golden Opportunity

  • A chance to do something that is likely to be successful and rewarding.
  • (एक अच्छा मौका)

  25. A Golden Wedding

  • A celebration of the 50th year of something, esp. a marriage.
  • (50वीं वर्षगांठ)

  26. A Good Address

  • A residence in a fashinable district.
  • (अच्छे शहर में कोई ठिकाना)

  27. A Good Turn

  • a good deed; friendly, helpful act.
  • (किसी को मदद पँहुचना)

  28. A Great hand at

  • Being handled or cared for by a competent party; in a position to be well cared for.
  • (किसी काम में निपुण होना)

  29. A Green Belt

  • A green belt is an area of land with fields or parks around a town or city, where people are not allowed to build houses or factories by law.
  • (ऐसी हहरी-भरी जगह जहाँ मकान बनाना मना होता है)

  30. A Ground Swell

  • A broad deep undulation of the ocean caused by an often distant gale or seismic disturbance.
  • (मौत का कुआँ)
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  1. A Hard Drinker

  • Someone who often drinks a lot of alcohol.
  • (अत्यधिक शराब पीने वाला)

  2. A Hard Nut To Crack

  • A problem that is very difficult to solve or a person who is very difficult to understand.
  • (कठिन समस्या)

  3. A Henpecked Husband

  • Browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.
  • (पत्नी का गुलाम)

  4. A Herculean Task

  • An extremely difficult task; an almost impossible undertaking.
  • (कठिन काम)

  5. A High Flier

  • Someone who has a lot of ability and a strong wish to be successful and is therefore expected to achieve a lot.
  • (बड़े-बड़े सपने देखने वाला)

  6. A High Flown Sentiment

  • Exceedingly or excessively high or favorable.
  • (उच्च भावना)

  7. A Highly Coloured Report

  • A report that is exaggerated or biased. 
  • (बढ़ा चढ़ाकर लिखी गई सूचनाएं)

  8. A Hole and Corner Policy

  • Secret policy.
  • (गुप्त योजना)

  9. A Hot Line

  • A special direct phone connection for emergencies.
  • (आपातकालीन सेवा के लिए इस्तेमाल की जाने वाली संचार)

  10. A Hot Potato

  • A problem so controversial and sensitive that it is risky to deal with.
  • (ज्वलंत मुद्दा)

  11. A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

  • Success comes from sticking together and to do anything. 
  • (एक बंटा हुआ घर टिक नहीं सकता)

  12. An Inside Job

  • A crime commited by an individual who is in a position of trust and has access to "inside" knowledge in relation to the crime commited.
  • (विश्वासघात)

  13. A Jack Of All Trades

  • A person who has dabbled in many skills, rather than gaining expertise by focusing on one. 
  • (हरफनमौला, चौदह विद्या निधान, माहिर)

  14. A Klutz

  • An Awkward/Uncoordinated Person.
  • (गंवारा इंसान)

  15. A Knock Down Price

  • A very cheap price.
  • (काफी कम दाम)

  16. A Knotty Problem

  • Complicated and difficult to solve.
  • (कठिन समस्या)

  17. A Ladies Man

  • The guy who loves women but would not necessarily pursue another woman if he were involved in a relationship.
  • (महिलाओं का चहेता; ऐय्यास)

  18. A Lame Duck

  • An unsuccessful person or thing.
  • an elected official whose power is reduced because the person who will replace them has already been elected.
  • (आलसी आदमी)

  19. A Latchkey Child

  • A child who returns from school to an empty home, or a child who is often left at home with little parental supervision, because their parent or parents are away at work.
  • (वो बच्चा जिसके माँ-बाप काम करतें हो)

  20. A Leading Article

  • A piece of writing which gives the editor's opinion on an important news item.
  • (प्रधान लेख)

  21. A Leading Question

  • A question that suggests the particular answer or contains the information the examiner is looking to have confirmed.
  • (संकेतक प्रश्न)

  22. A Leap In The Dark

  • A daring step or enterprise whose consequences are unpredictable.
  • (दुस्साहस भरा जोखिम)

  23. A Left Hand Compliment

  • A remark that seems to say something pleasant about a person but could also be an insult. Praising insincerely or too eagerly.
  • (दिखावे की प्रशंसा)

  24. A Leopard Can't Change His Spots

  • it's impossible for one to change their character, even if they will try very hard.
  • (अपनी आदतों को बदलना आसान नहीं होता)

  25. A Let Down

  • To make someone disappointed by not doing something that they are expecting you to do.
  • (किसी को अप्रसन्न करना)

  26. A Light Sleeper

  • A regularly disturbed sleep.
  • (अधूरी नींद)

  27. A Live Wire

  • Someone who is very energetic and has an enthusiastic personality.
  • (काफी ऊर्जावान व्यक्ति)

  28. A Low Blow

  • An unscrupulous attack; an insult.
  • (अपमान, निंदा)

  29. A Maiden Speech

  • The first speech given by a newly elected or appointed member of a legislature or parliament.
  • (प्रथम भाषण)

  30. A Man/Woman about Town

  • A socially active, sophisticated woman/Man who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, etc.
  • (आधुनिक जीवन शैली वाली महिला/पुरुष)

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