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Idioms and Phrases in Hindi

Idioms Beginning With ‘L’

Idioms Meaning
Lady’s man A man who is fond of the company of women. (जो महिलाओं के संगत में रहना पसंद करता हो)
Lame excuse False excuse/ baseless excuse (असंतोषजनक बहाना)
Lap up To drink eagerly, To touch tenderly (जल्दी से पी जाना, कोमलता से छूना)
Lay down To give up arms, To state a rule (हथियार डाल देना, नियम के रूप में व्यक्त करना)
Lay down arms To surrender (आत्म समर्पण करना)
Lay off (often passive) To stop employing (a worker) (छंटनी करना)
Left-handed compliment into An insult disguised as a compliment. (प्रशंसा के रूप में अपमान)
Let bygones be bygones Forget the unplesant past (बीती हुई बुरी बाते भूला देना)
Let down To disappoint someone (निराश करना)
Let off Not to punish somebody (गलती के लिए दंड नहीं देना)
Let the cat out of the bag To reveal secret unintentionally (अनायास भेद खोलना)
Lie behind To be the real reason वास्तविक कारण होना)
Light on To explain (व्याख्या करना)
Like a phoenix With a new life (नया जीवन आरंभ करना)
Lion’s share Major share (बड़ा हिस्सा)
Live by To earn livelihood (कोई काम कर के गुजर बसर करना)
Live in an ivory tower Living in comfort and being unaware of realities of others’ miseries. (सम्पन्नता में जीना एवं आम लोगों के दु:ख से खुद को दूर रखना)
Live off To live on a particular kind of food (किसी खास भोजन पर रहना)
Live on To have money for the need (खास धन होना जरूरत के लिए)
Live through To survive a difficulty (किसी अप्रिय अनुभव को झेल लेना)
Live up to To reach an expected standard (उम्मीद के अनुसार होना)
Live with To accept something unpleasant (किसी अप्रिय स्थिति को स्वीकार करना)
Loaves and fishes Material benefit. (व्यक्तिगत लाभ)
Look after To take care of someone or something (देख-भाल करना)
Look back on To reflect on/ consider sth of the past (बीते समय के किसी अनुभव या धारण पर विचार करना)
Look down on/upon To hold in contempt. To regard as inferior (नीची निगाह से देखना)
Look down upon To hate (नफरत करना)
Look for To try to find (खोजना)
Look forward to To anticipate pleasantly (उत्सुकता से प्रतीक्षा करना)
Look into To investigate (जाँच करना)
Look off colours Look ill or unhealthy. (अस्वस्थ दिखाई देना)
Look out for To try to find (खोजने या समझने की कोशिश करना)
Look sharp Hurry up (जल्दी करना)
Look something up To search (किताब में कोई जानकारी खोजना)
Look through coloured glasses To see with different/ wrong  views. (झूठे आवरण से देखना)
Look to To expect ( किसी से कोई आशा करना)
Look to Be careful (ध्यान देना )
Look up To improve (प्रगति करना)
Lump in the throat A tight or uncomfortable feeling in throat due to emotions. (गला भर जाना (भावनात्मक क्षण में))
Lynch law Law of the mob (भीड़तंत्र)

 

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Idioms Beginning With ‘K’

Idioms Meaning
Keep up appearance to keep one’s prestige/ to maintain outward show (बाहरी दिखावा बनाये रखना)
Kick one’s heels wait impatiently to be summoned (बुलावे के लिए बेसब्री से इंतजार करना)
Kick the bucket to die (मर जाना)
Kill the fat calf for to arrange a lavish reception for someone (किसी का धूमधाम से स्वागत करना)
Kiss the dust to be humiliated (अपमानित होना)
Knock against to hit against (टक्कर खाना)
Kangaroo court An illegal court (गैर-क़ानूनी न्यायालय)
Keep one’s cards close to one’s chest Hiding something (किसी बात को छिपाना)
Keep one’s fingers crosses To wait expectantly. (किसी अच्छी घटना के होने की कामना करना)
Keep one’s word To keep one’s promise. (प्रतिज्ञा पूरी करना)
Keep the ball rolling To maintain the progress of a project or plan. (जारी रखना)
Keep the wolf from the door To avert poverty/ starvation. (दरिद्रता से संघर्ष करना )
Kill two birds with one stone Doing two things at the same time while effort is made for one (एक कार्य करके दो समस्याओं से निपट लेना)
Kith and kin Blood relations. (बन्धु-बान्धव)
Keep abreast of not to fall behind (पीछे नरह जाना)
Keep an eye on to watch (नजर रखना)
Keep an open table to entertain all (सब का स्वागत करना)
Keep at an arm’s length to keep at a distance (दूरीबना कर रखना)
Keep at bay To keep someone at a distance (दूरी रखना)
Keep body and soul together to be able to pay for just those things that you need in order to live (सिर्फ जीवन-यापन भर का जुगाड़ कर पाना)

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Idioms Beginning With ‘J’

Idioms Meaning
Jack of all trades Doing so many works without mastering even single (हरफनमौला)
Join hands Work collectively (हाथ मिलाना)
Jam-packed Crowded to the bursting point (खचाखच भरा)
Juvenile delinquent Someone under age who breaks the law or gets into trouble. (बाल अपराधी)
Jump the Gun Do something too early. (किसी काम को जल्दी करना)
John Hancock A person’s signature (हस्ताक्षर करना)
Just deserts Get what one deserves  (मन की मुराद पूरी होना)
Judas kiss False love (झूठा प्यार) 

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Idioms Beginning With ‘I’

Idioms Meaning
Impress (idea) on To convince someone (मन में बैठाना (कोई बात किसी व्यक्ति के))
In a tight corner In a difficult situation (परेशानी में होना)
In apple pie order In perfect order (पूर्ण रूप से व्यवस्थित)
In black and white In writing (लिखित में)
In cold blood Deliberately (जानबूझकर)
In high spirits Full of enthusiasm (जोष्ठा में)
In the long run Ultimately (अन्ततोगत्वा)
Ins and outs To know all secrets/details (रहस्य जानना)
Iron out To mutually resolve difficulties (समस्या को सुलझाना)
In a fix in a difficult mental state (मानसिक उलझन में)
In a tight corner in difficult situation (मुश्किल हालात में)
In doldrums to be depressed (निराशा में)
In embryo immature / in the making (अविकसित अवस्था में)
In no time in a very short time (थोड़ी ही देर में)
In one’s teens from thirteen to nineteen years of age (तेरह से उन्नीस साल तक)
In the air in circulation/ in people’s thoughts (चर्चा में)
In the good books If you are in someone’s good/bad books, they are pleased/not pleased with you (किसी की अच्छी राय में होना)
In high spirits Full of hope and enthusiasm (आशा और उत्साह से भरा हुआ)
In the red Losing money/to owe money (देनदारी होना)
In lieu of in place of / instead of (के एवज में / के बदले में)
In a nutshell Brief (संक्षेप में)
In a pickle In an embarrassing or awkward situation (शर्मनाक परिस्थति में होना)
Iron will Strong determination (मजबूत दृढ़ संकल्प)
Iron fist To treat people in severe manner / strictly (बूरा बर्ताव करना)
In the swim Well informed and up-to-date (समसमायिक घटना का जानकार)
In the loop Informed regularly (नियमित रूप से सूचित)
In Dutch In trouble (परेशानी में)
In the soup To be in trouble (परेशानी में होना)
In the running Has good prospects in competition (जीत के दौर में होना)
In the blues Cheerless and depressed (निराश और उदास)

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Idioms Beginning With ‘H’

Idioms Meaning

Halcyon days

Peaceful days (खुशगवार दिन)
Hammer and sickle A symbolic representation of commu-nism in general. (समाजवाद का प्रतीक)
Hammer and tongs With great effort or energy. (बहुत अधिक मेहनत से)
Hand and glove with In close co-operation. (अच्छे सहयोग से)
Hang by a thread Be in a risky situation. (बहुत नाजुक स्थिति में)
Hard nut to crack A difficult problem to solve/ A person difficult to understand. (जटिलसमस्या/व्यक्ति)
Haul over the coals To take to task, to reprimand. (कोसना)
Have finger in the pie To be involved in something. (किसी कार्य में शामिल रहना)
Have one’s hands full To be completely occupied. (काम की कमी नहीं होना)
Have one’s way The way one wants. (अपनी इच्छा के अनुसार)
Have several irons in the fire To be involved in many projects or activities at the same time. (एक ही समय कई कार्यों में शामिल होना)
High and dry In a deprived situation (alone). (अकेला)
High handed Overbearing (निरंकुश)
High living Living with comfort and ease. (ऐश आरण की जिन्दगी)
Hit below the belt To strike unfairly. (गलत तरीके से प्रहार करना)
Hit the jackpot Gaining a big/ great success (speci-ally by luck). (बड़ी कमियाबी मिलाना)
Hit the nail on the head To do the right thing at the right time (सही समय पर सही कार्य करना)
Hole and corner policy Secret policy (गुप्त निति)
Hue and cry Any loud public outcry (हो हल्ला)
Hale and hearty Healthy and sound (पूर्ण रूप से स्वस्थ होना)
Half hearted Lacking enthusiasm (बे मन से)
Hand in glove Very close (घनिष्ठ सम्बन्ध होना)
Hair breadth escape Narrow escape (बाल-बाल बचना )
Hard and fast rule Rule that cannot be broken and modified (सख्त नियम)
Hard and fast Strict (सख्त)
Hard of hearing Somewhat deaf (ऊँचा सुनना)
Hard pressed In difficulties (परेशानी में होना)
Hard up Short of money (पैसे की तंगी)
Have the last laugh To be victorious in an argument (तर्क-वितर्क में आखिरकार विजय होना)
Hear of To get the news about (समाचार मिलना)
Heart and soul With full energy (पूरे मन से )
Helter skelter In disorderly haste (बहुत अधिक जल्दबाजी में)
Hen pecked husband A husband under the control of his wife (जोरू का गुलाम)
Herculean task A work requiring very great effort (कठिन कार्य)
High time Already late (पहले से देरी होना)
His own doing Caused by himself (स्वयं के कारण)
Hobson’s choice No choice at all (कोई विकल्प न होना)
Hold back To control expression, Not to reveal (व्यक्त करने से रोकना, छुपा लेना)
Hold down To prevent by force (जबरदस्ती नियंत्रित करना)
Hold on To keep something in a position (पकड़कर रखना)
Hold one’s head high Be proud of (गर्व करना)
Hold out To resist (प्रतिरोध करना)
Hold with To approve (सहमत होना)
Hoping against hope To have very little chance of success (सफल होने की बहुत कम संभावना होना)
Hush money Bribe paid to secure silence (चुप्पी बनाये रखने के लिए रिश्वत देना)

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Idioms Beginning With ‘G’

Idioms Meaning
Gain on To come close to (प्रतियोगिता में नजदीक होना)
Gave the game away Gave out the secret (भेद खोलना)
Get a raw deal Treated badly (बुरा व्यवहार)
Get Carried away To get excited (उतेजित हो जाना)
Grass widow A woman who is separated, divorced or lives apart from her husband (ऐसी विवाहित जिस का पति उससे दूर हो)
Grease the palm To bribe (रिश्वत देना)
Green room A lounge in a theater or studio for the performers to get ready. (अभिनेता का भेष-भूषा का कमरा)
Grist to one’s mill Something that can be used for one’s advantage. (फायदेमंद)
Going places To be successful (सफल होना)
Got the sack Dismissed (पद से हटाना)
Grey matter Intelligence (बुद्धिमत्ता)
Get about/round To move from place to place or person person (जगह-जगह घुमकर लोगों से मिलना)
Get along with To have friendly relationship (दोस्ताना संबंध रखना)
Get away To have a vacation (छुटटी पर जाना)
Get away with To do something wrong or illegal without being punished (कोई गलत काम करना और पकड़ाने से बच जाना)
Get off To leave work with permission (काम से अधिकारिक अवकाश मिलना)
Get on To make progress (प्रगति करना)
Get rid of To dispose of, to throw away, to leave (छुटकारा पाना)
Get round (a problem) To solve or avoid a problem antiv (किसी समस्या से बचने के लिए रास्ता ढूंढ लेना)
Get round (someone) To persuade someone to do what you want (किसी को कुछ करने के लिए मना लेना)
Gift of the gab Talent for speaking (वाकचातुर्य)
Give in To surrender (समर्पण कर देना)
Give up To stop doing something (त्याग देना)
Go along with To agree (सहमत होना)
Go along To continue/to progress (प्रगति करना, जारी रखना)
Go back on To break a promise (वादे से मुकर जाना)
Go by To work accordingly (नियमानुसार कार्य करना)
Go down in history To get admitted in history (इतिहास में नाम दर्ज कराना)
Go for To attack (आक्रमण करना)
Go through To pass through a time , To read (किसी दौर से गुजरना, पढ़ना)
Go to winds Dissipated (बर्बाद होना)
Go with To happen together, to match (संग-संग होना, मेल खाना)

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Idioms Beginning With ‘E’ and ‘F’

Idioms Beginning With ‘E’ 

Eagle eyed With keen eyesight (तेज नजर वाला)
Eat humble pie To apologize. (शर्मीन्दगी झेलना )
Eat one’s words Take a statement back. (शब्द वापस लेना)
Elbow room Sufficient scope to move or function. (काम करने की स्वतंत्रता )
End in smoke Come to nothing. (कोई परिणाम न निकलना)
Escape one’s lips Speak unintentionally or unexpectedly. (बोल जाना)
Eat into To weaken (खोखला करना)
Elbow grease To flatter superiors (ऊंचे लोगों की चापलूसी करना)
End up To do something finally (आखिरकार कर पाना)

 

Idioms Beginning With ‘F’ 

Fabian policy Deliberate slow policy/ policy of delaying decisions. (सावधानीपूर्ण मन्दगति नीति )
Fair and square In an honest way (निष्पक्ष )
Fair sex   Women. (नारी जाति )
Fair weather friend Selfish friends who are with us (मुसीबत में साथ न देने वाला मित्र)
Face to face Personally (व्यक्तिरूप रूप से)
Fall apart To break into pieces (बिखर जाना)
Fall back on To use as a last resort (कठिनाई के समय में किसी चीज का प्रयोग कुरा)
Fall for To fall in love with (आकर्षित होना)
Fallout (with) To quarrel with (झगड़ा होना)
Far and wide All around (चारों ओर)
Feel about To do something by touching (छूकर महसूस करना)
Feel like To be exçfted to do something (किसी काम को करने का इच्छुक होना)
Fell into the line Become orderly (सुव्यवस्थित होना)
Fight to the bitter end To carry on a contest (संघर्ष जारी रखना)
Figure 0ut To understand (समझ पाना)
Fish for To try to win favour (प्रयास करना (प्रशंसा आदि प्राप्त करने का))
For good Permanently (स्थायी रूप से)
Free for all Uncontrollable situation (अनियंत्रित स्थिति)
French leave Absent without information (बिना अनुमति के अनुपस्थित होना)

 

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Idioms Beginning With ‘D’

 

Idioms Meaning
Dance to one’s tune Obeying one’s order (हुक्म का पालन करना )
Dark horse One who wins unexpectedly (जो अप्रत्याशित रूप से जीत जाए )
Dead letter A law or ordinance that is no longer enforced (कानून, जो कभी लागू था लेकिन अब लागू नहीं है। )
Damocles sword Constant threat.(सिर पर मंडराता खतरा)
Die a dog’s death To die a shameful death. (लज्जाजनक मौत मरना)
Die in harness Die while in service. (अपने कार्यावधि के दौरान ही मृत्यु होना )
Dog in the manger A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himse lf (स्वार्थी व्यक्ति)
Do away with Abolish (छुटकारा पाना)
Do without To manage in the absence of something (किस चीज के बिना काम चलाना)
Done for Ruined (बर्बाद होना)
Done to death Murdered (हत्या करना) (Done many times)
Drop by/in To visit informally (बिना पूर्व सूचना के आ जाना)
Donkey’s years A long time. (काफी समय बाद)
Dropping names Hinting at high connections (बड़े लोगों से जान-पहचान का दावा करना)
Draw a line Set a limit (मर्यादा तय करना)
Duck in a thunderstorm In a painful condition. (व्यथा में)
Dwell on To speak about something (व्याख्या करना)

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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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Idioms Beginning With ‘B’

Back of To choose not to take (मुश्किल में फंसने से बचने के लिए कदम उठाने से पीछे हटना)
Back out To break a promise (वादा खिलाफी करना)
Back up To support (सहायता देना), Enemity (दुश्मनी)
Bad blood III feeling (दुर्भावना)
Bag and baggage With all belongings (पूरे सामान के साथ)
Bank upon To rely on (विश्वास या निर्भर करना)
Bargain for To expect s the to happen and be ready (किसी चीज की उम्मीद करते हुए तैयार रहना)
Bear out To confirm the truth (सही साबित होना)
Bear the palm To win, Pre eminent (सर्व विख्यात)
Become of To happen (घटित होना ‘किसी व्यक्ति के साथ’)
Better half Wife (पत्नी)
Blue eyed boy Favourite (पसंदीदा, कृपापात्र)
Bumper to Bumper Back to Back (एक के बाद दूसरा)
Boil down to To summarize the main points (निष्कर्ष होना)
Bone of contention The main cause of quarrel (झगड़े का मुख्य कारण)
Born with silver spoon in one’s mouth Born in rich family (धनी परिवार में जन्म लेना)
Bread and butter Means of livelihood (आजीविका)
Break down (of machinery) To stop working (काम करना बंद कर देना)
Break down To lose control emotionally or mentally (रोने लगना)
Break in on To interrupt (खलल डालना)
Break into a building etc. To enter somewhere illegally (जबरदस्ती घुसना)
Breakout (of disease, war etc.) To start (अचानक फैलना)
Break up To end, To separate (टूट जाना, अलग हो जाना)
Breath down one’s neck To watch closely (कड़ी नज़र रखना)
Bring about To cause to happen (होने का कारण होना, उत्पन्न होना)
Bring down To overthrow (à government), To reduce (गद्यी से नीचे गिरना, कम करना)
Bring forth To give birth to (उत्पन्न करना)
Bring off To succeed in doing something (कोई कठिन काम करने में सफल होना)
Bring round To influence sb to one’s point of view (किसी को अपने विचार से सहमत कर लेना)
Bring up To raise, To rear (पालन पोषण करना)
Bring home Emphasize (जोर देकर कहना)
Bring the house down Receive great applause (तालियों का गड़गड़ाहट)
Built upon sand Based on immature ideas (अपरिपक्व विचारों पर आधारित)
Burning question A widely debated issue (विवादित मुद्दा)
By fits and starts Irregularly (अनियमित रूप से)
By hook and crook By fair or foul means (जैसे तैसे करके)
By leaps and bounds Very rapidly, very quickly (बहुत तेजी से)

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