Idioms Beginning With 'C'

Idioms	Meaning
Call for	To demand (answer, explanation) माग करना
Call forth	To produce a reaction (कई प्रतिक्रिया पैदा करना)
Call in	To summon ( भीतर बुलाना)
Call off an event (passive)	To cancel, abandon (रद्द करना, प्रकिया को रोक देना )
Call on	To pay a visit (जाकर मुलाकात करना)
Call up	To recall (याद करना)
Call upon/on	To invite to do something (कुछ करने या बोलने के लिए आमंत्रित करना)
Call on	To Visit (मिलने जाना)
Capital punishment	Death penalty (मृत्युदंड)
Carried the day	Won (विजयी होना)
Carry out	To complete or fulfill, To execute (किसी कार्य या आदेश को पुरा करना)
Cast aside	Ignore as useless (बेकार समझकर ध्यान न देना)
Cast down	Depressed (निराश होना)
Catch on	To become popular (लोकप्रिय होना)
Catch up (with)	To stop being behind (बराबरी पर आ जाना)
Chance upon	To meet by chance (आचानक मिल जाना)
Cheek by jowl	Very near (बहुत पास में)
Chicken hearted	Cowardly (कायर, डरपोक)
Clear of	To free from blame (आरोप मुक्त करना)
Close fisted person	Miserly person (कंजूस व्यक्ति )
Close shave	Narrow escape (बाल-बाल बचना)
Close with	To fight युद्व करना (शत्रु से)
Cut to the quick	Hurt extremely (बहुत अधिक दु:ख पहुंचाना)
Come about	To happen (घटित होना)
Come across	To find (unexpectedly) or meet by chance (अचानक मिल जाना)
Come forward	To offer help (सहायता के लिए आगे आना)
Come in for	To receive (criticism, blame) सामना करना
Come of with flying colours	To get a grand success (शानदार सफलता प्राप्त करना)
Come off	To take place successfully (सफल होना)
Come round	To accept someone’s opinion (दूसरे की बात मानकर विचार बदल लेना)
Come through	To complete successfully (फलतापूर्वक पूर करना)
Come up	Rising in status (हैसियत बढ़ना)
Count on	To depend on, To rely on (विश्वास करना या निर्भर रहना)
Crocodile tears	False show of grief (दुख का झूठा दिखावा)
Crop up	To happen unexpectedly (problem) (अचानक प्रकट होना)
Cry for the moon	An unattainable ambition (न पूरी होने वाला सपना)
Cry out	To shout (चिल्लाना)
Cut above	Superior (बेहतर होना)
Cut no ice	To make no effect (बेअसर होना)
Cut out for	To be suitable for (कटौती करना)
Cut out	Specially suitable (विशेष रूप से योग्य होना)
Carry the coal to newcastle	Spending time and energy in doing something that is useless and wastage of energy. (बे-वजह मेहनत करना)
Cast pearls before swine	A right thing in a wrong hand. (किस वस्तु ऐसे व्यक्ति को देना जो उसका मूल्य न समझे)
Castles in the air	Day dream/ a hope or desire unlikely to be realized. (हवाई किला बनाना / ख्याली पुलाऊ बनाना)
Cat and dog life	Troublesome life. (कलहपूर्ण जीवन)
Catch a tartar	To grapple with a unexpectedly formidable opponent. (बहुत बड़ी परेशानी से सामना करना)
Cat’s paw	A person used by another as a dupe or tool. (निजी स्वार्थ के पूर्ति में जिस व्यक्ति का प्रयोग किया जाय )
Chew the cud	To ponder over/meditate. (मनन करना)
Chicken hearted	Lacking courage / cowardly. (कायर)
Cock-and-bull story	A concocted story. (मनगढ़ंत कहानी)
Cross swords	To quarrel or fight. (लड़ना)
Cry over spilled milk	Regret in vain for what cannot be undone. (व्यर्थ पछताना)
Cut a sorry figure	To give a poor show. (अपने प्रयास से तनिक भी प्रभाव न छोड़ना)
Cut both ways	Argue in favour of both sides. (दोनों ही पार्टी के पक्ष में तर्क करना)
Cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth	To live within one’s means (अपनी आय के अनुसार व्यय करना)
Call a spade and spade	to be frank (मुंहफट बात करना)
Call names	to abuse (गाली देना)
Carrot and stick policy	reward and punishment policy (इनाम और सजा की पाँलिसी)
Carry matters with a high hand	to deal with a person strictly (सख्ती से निपटना)
Cave in	yield (झुक जाना)
Chapter and verse	in full detail (पूर्ण विवरण के साथ)
Clinch the issue	to clear the controversy (विवाद ख़त्म करना)
Cloven hoof	symbol of disgrace or evil intention, (शैतानी इरादों का प्रतीक)
Cock a snook	to show impudent contempt (असम्मान प्रकट करना)
Cock sure	very sure and certain (सुनिश्चित होना)

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