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Idioms And Phrases SSC CGL Previous Year

Idioms and phrases for SSC CGL and other exams are extremely significant. If candidates are familiar with important idioms and phrases as well as their meanings, they can easily get a good score in the English section where at least 4-5 questions related to idioms and phrases are typically asked in the SSC CGL exam. To assist candidates in their preparation, we have compiled a list of 100+ idioms and phrases that are relevant for the SSC CGL exam and other SSC exams.

Idioms and Phrases PDF Questions (Overview)

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Idioms Definition

An idiom is a statement or phrase that has a meaning that differs from its exact meaning. Thus it might be said, “Idioms mean something different than the individual words.” Students, however, often misread proverbs with idioms.

Idioms Examples

We have understood idioms and now move forward to the next step, which is examples of Idioms. Here are some examples of idioms to help you understand them:

• I consider losing that job to have been a blessing in disguise because it motivated me to launch my own company.
• Those souvenir keychains are a dime a dozen at the visitor stores.
• Go ahead, I am all ears. Please share with me your thoughts.
• We are all in the same boat as everyone else on staff who received a wage decrease.
• You’re barking up the wrong tree if you believe I stole your novel. It’s not anything I’ve seen.
• Stop beating around the bush and tell me why you didn’t show up to my twenty-first birthday party.
• I could hurt him, but I have to bite the bullet and tell him the truth.
• After years of silence, they decided to bury the hatchet and rekindle their friendship.
•  I passed the exam by the skin of my teeth, with the minimum needed score.
• Yes, we made a mistake but crying over spilt milk is pointless. Let’s concentrate on figuring out a fix.
• Don’t cut corners on this job, it needs to be good to impress the new customer.

What are Phrases.?

A phrase is a group of words that make up a unit of meaning in a sentence. It does not contain a subject and a verb, and it doesn’t always express a complete idea. Phrases can act as nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and other parts of speech in a sentence. Examples of phrases include:

• Noun phrase: “The big brown dog”
• Adjective phrase: “With great enthusiasm”
• Adverb phrase: “In the morning”
• Verb phrase: “Have been studying”
• Prepositional phrase: “On the table”
• Infinitive phrase: “To swim in the ocean”
• Gerund phrase: “Swimming in the ocean”
• “Out of the blue” (adverb phrase, meaning unexpectedly)
• “On top of the world” (prepositional phrase, meaning feeling very good)
• “A piece of cake” (noun phrase, meaning something easy to do)
• “Under the weather” (prepositional phrase, meaning feeling sick)
• “In a nutshell” (prepositional phrase, meaning summarized in a few words)
• “In the long run” (prepositional phrase, meaning in the future or over a period of time)
• “Break a leg” (verb phrase, meaning good luck)

Phrases are different from idioms because idioms have a figurative meaning that is not easily deduced from the individual words in it, whereas phrases can be understood by analyzing the individual words that make it up.

Some Examples of the phrases are

• The telephone was on the table
• Children were snickering and giggling when the teacher left the room
• The Nice neighbor offered him a glass of water.

Idioms & Phrases Asked in SSC Exam

S.No.	Idioms & Phrases	Meaning
1.	Rank and File	Ordinary People
2.	By fits and starts	In short periods, not regularly
3.	A wee bit	A little
4.	Out of the wood	Free from difficulties and dangers
5.	Under his thumb	Under his control
6.	At one’s wit’s end	In a state where one does not know what to do
7.	Between the devil and the deep sea	Between two dangers
8.	Burn the midnight oil	Work or study hard
9.	Call a spade a spade	Speak frankly and directly
10.	Come off with flying colors	Be highly successful
11.	Hoping against hope	Without hope
12.	Hit the nail on the head	Do or say the exact thing
13.	An axe to grind	A personal interest in the matter
14.	To get rid of	Dispose of
15.	At daggers drawn	Bitterly hostile
16.	To play ducks and drakes	To act foolishly or inconsistently
17.	To take the bull by the horns	To tackle a problem in a bold and direct fashion
18.	Rain cats and dogs	Rain heavily
19.	To move heaven and earth	To make a supreme effort
20.	No avail	Without any result
21.	Bark up the wrong tree	Accuse or denounce the wrong person
22.	Keep one at bay	Keep one at a distance
23.	Make a clean breast of it	Confess – especially when a person has done a wrong thing
24.	Have a card up one’s sleeve	Have a secret plan in reserve
25.	Like a cat on hot bricks	Very nervous
26.	Cat and dog life	Life full of quarrels
27.	Cock and bull story	Made up story that one should not believe
28.	Cry for the moon	Ask for the impossible
29.	The pros and cons	The various aspects of a matter in detail
30.	Be in a tight corner	In a very difficult situation
31.	Cross one’s t’s and dot	Be precise, careful and one’s i’s exact
32.	At arm’s length	To keep at a distance
33.	Out of the question	Impossible
34.	Out of the way	Strange
35.	Show a clean pair of heals	Run away
36.	Keep one’s fingers crossed	The anxiety in which you hope that nothing will upset your plans
37.	In the nick of time	Just at the last moment
38.	Sitting on the fence	Hesitate between two decisions
39.	Spread like wild fire	Spread quickly
40.	The gift of the gab	Talent for speaking
41.	By hook or by crook	By fair or foul means
42.	Feather one’s own nest	Make money unfairly
43.	Throw out of gear	Disturb the work
44.	Take to one’s heels	Run away
45.	Tooth and nail	With all one’s power
46.	Die in harness	Die while in service
47.	Take a leaf out of one’s book	Imitate one
48.	Leave no stone unturned	Use all available means
49.	A man of straw	A man of no substance
50.	Read between the lines	Understand the hidden meaning
51.	In cold blood	Deliberately and without emotion
52.	A thorn in the flesh	A constant source of annoyance
53.	Smell a rat	Suspect something foul
54.	Harp on the same string	Dwell on the same subject
55.	Bury the hatchet	End the quarrel and make peace
56.	Leave one in the lurch	Desert one in difficulties; leave one in a helpless condition
57.	Like a fish out of water	In a strange situation
58.	At one’s beck and call	Under his control
59.	To make both ends meet	To live within one’s income
60.	In hot water	In trouble
61.	Nip in the bud	Destroy in the early stage
62.	Stick to one’s guns	Remain faithful to the cause
63.	To eat humble pie	To apologize humbly and to yield under humiliating circumstances
64.	In high spirits	Very happy
65.	Put the cart before the horse	Put or do things in the wrong order
66.	To all names	To abuse
67.	On tenterhooks	In a state of suspense and anxiety
68.	Wash one’s dirty linen	Discuss unpleasant in public-private matters before strangers
69.	To bell the cat	To face the risk
70.	A hard nut to crack	A difficult problem
71.	Let the cat out of the bag	Reveal a secret
72.	A big gun	An important person
73.	Kill two birds with one stone	To achieve two results with one effort
74.	Take one to task	Rebuke
75.	Gain ground	Become Popular
76.	To blow one’s own	To praise one’s own trumpet achievement
77.	A bosom friend	A very close friend
78.	A brown study	Dreaming
79.	Turn a deaf ear	Disregard / ignore what one says
80.	A close shave	Narrow escape
81.	Turn over a new leaf	Change for the better
82.	Make up one’s mind	Decide
83.	In the long run	Eventually; ultimately
84.	Bring to light	Disclose
85.	Pay off old scores	Take revenge
86.	Hard and fast rules	Strict rules
87.	At the eleventh hour	At the last moment
88.	A close shave	Narrow escape
89.	To cut a sorry figure	To make a poor show
90.	With a high hand	Oppressively
91.	Burn one’s fingers	Get into trouble by interfering in other’s affairs
92.	Laugh one’s head off	Laugh heartily
93.	Chew the cud	Ponder over something
94.	Play second fiddle	Take an unimportant part
95.	Above board	Honest and open
96.	Through thick and thin	Under all conditions
97.	Put a spoke in one’s wheel	To upset one’s plans
98.	At sixes and sevens	In a disordered/disorganized manner, chaotic
99.	At home	Comfortable
100.	Alpha and omega	The beginning and the end
101.	At sea	Confused and lost
102.	A bosom friend	A very close friend
103.	At one’s beck and call	At one’s service
104.	By leaps and bounds	Rapidly
105.	To burn one’s boats	Go back on a decision
106.	To beat about the bush	Talk irrelevantly
107.	To burn candle at both ends	To waste lavishly
108.	Take one to task	Rebuke
109.	A bone of contention	A source of quarrel
110.	Add fuel to the fire	To aggravate the situation
111.	An acid test	A critical test
112.	At a snail’s pace	Very slowly
113.	A bolt from the blue	Something unexpected
114.	To build castles in the air	Make imaginary schemes
115.	Once in a blue moon	Something that happens very rarely
116.	Beating around the bush	Avoiding the main topic
117.	Cry over spilled milk	Complaining about a loss or failure from the past
118.	Chip on your shoulder	When someone is upset about something that happened a while ago
119.	Piece of cake	Something that is easy to understand or do
120.	Golden handshake	A big sum of money given to a person when he/she leaves a company or retires
121.	Spill the beans	To disclose a secret
122.	Blessing in disguise	Something good and useful that did not initially seem that way
123.	Mean business	Being Serious or Dedicated
124.	Come hell or high water	Possible obstacles in your path
125.	Apple of one’s eye	Being cherished
126.	Bite off more than you can chew	Not able to complete a task due to lack of ability
127.	The best of both worlds	The benefits of widely differing situations enjoyed at the same time
128.	Feeling a bit under the weather	Feeling slightly ill
129.	The icing on the cake	Something that turns good into great
130.	Cost an arm and a leg	Be very expensive
131.	Jump the bandwagon	To join a popular activity or trend
132.	The ball is in your court	When it is up to you to make the next decision or step
133.	To be in the doldrums	To be in low spirits
134.	To sit on the fence	To remain neutral
135.	Break the ice	To initiate a social conversation or interaction
136.	Hear it on grapevine	To hear rumors about something or someone
137.	Can’t judge a book by its cover	Cannot judge something primarily on appearance
138.	It takes two to tango	Actions or communications need more than one person
139.	Let the cat out of the bag	To reveal the secret carelessly or by mistake
140.	Black and blue	Full of Bruises
141.	Be on cloud nine	Be very happy
142.	Last straw	The final problem in a series of problems
143.	A bird’s eye view	A view from a very high place that allows you to see a very large area
144.	A litmus Test	A method that helps to know if something is correct
145.	At the drop of a hat	Willingness to do something instantly
146.	Afraid of one’s own shadow	To become easily frightened
147.	A house of cards	A poor plan
148.	Fool’s paradise	False sense of happiness
149.	Get a raw deal	To not be treated as well as other people
150.	Give cold shoulder	To ignore
151.	Hand to mouth	Live on only basic necessities
152.	Make a face	To show dislike or disappointment through facial expressions
153.	It’s Greek to me	Something that is not understandable
154.	To pour oil on troubled waters	To make peace
155.	Don’t put all your eggs in one basket	Do not put all your resources in one basket (in one place or thing)
156.	To put in a nutshell	To say in a few words or to make something concise
157.	Back out	To withdraw from a promise or contract
158.	Blow up	To explode
159.	Back-Up	To support and sustain
160.	Back Upon	To be relevant
161.	Break Down	Failure in something
162.	Break off	To end or discontinue
163.	Break Up	To disperse/dissolve
164.	Bring up	To rear
165.	Call forth	To provoke
166.	Call out	To shout
167.	Call upon	To order
168.	Carry on	To continue
169.	Castaway	To throw aside
170.	Catch up with	To overtake
171.	Come off	To take place
172.	Cry Down	To make little of
173.	Catch up with	To overtake
174.	Cry out against	To complain loudly against
175.	Cut out	Designed for
176.	Drop-in	To Visit Casually
177.	Drop out	To fall
178.	Fall back	To Recede; To Retreat
179.	Fall down	From a higher position to a lower one
180.	Fall off	To Withdraw; To Drop Off
181.	Fall under	To come under
182.	Get along	To Prosper; To Progress; To Proceed
183.	Get on with	To Live Pleasantly Together; To Progress
184.	Get into	To be involved in
185.	Give in	To Surrender; To Yield
186.	Give over	Not to do any longer
187.	Go after	To Follow; To Pursue
188.	Go Down	To be accepted
189.	Go without	To remain without
190.	Go by	To follow
191.	Hang about	To Loiter near a place
192.	Hang upon	To depend upon
193.	Hold out	To Endure; To Refuse to yield; To continue; To offer
194.	Hold to	Abide By
195.	Keep off	To ward off
196.	Keep up with	To keep pace with
197.	Knock out	To win by hitting another one
198.	It takes two to tango	Both people involved in a bad situation are responsible for it
199.	Last straw	The final problem in a series of problems
200.	Keep something at bay	Keep something away
201.	Kill two birds with one stone	To solve two problems at a time with just one action
202.	Let sleeping dogs lie	Leave something alone if it might cause trouble
203.	Open the floodgates	Release something that was previously under control
204.	Out of the blue	Happen unexpectedly
205.	Out on a limb	Do something risky
206.	Over the Top	Totally excessive and not suitable for the occasion
207.	The pen is mightier than the sword	Words and communication have a greater effect than war
208.	Push one’s luck	Trying to obtain more than what one has
209.	Reap the harvest	Benefit or suffer as a direct result of past actions
210.	Roll-up sleeves	To get yourself prepared
211.	See eye to eye	To be in agreement with
212.	Shot in the dark	A complete guess
213.	Sink your teeth into	Do something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm
214.	Take with a grain/pinch of salt	To doubt the accuracy of information
215.	Skating on thin ice	Do or say something risky
216.	Tight spot	A difficult situation
217.	Strike while the iron is hot	To act at the right time
218.	Take the plunge	Venture into something of one’s interest despite the risks involved
219.	Take a nosedive	Rapid drop or decrease in value
220.	Think the world of	Admire someone very much
221.	Stand in a good stead	To be useful or be of good service to someone
222.	Take a back seat	Choose to be less important in a role
223.	Wave a dead chicken	Do something useless
224.	Whale of a time	Enjoy a lot
225.	Wrap one’s brain around	Concentrate on something to understand
226.	Zero in on something	Focus all attention on one thing
227.	Above all	Chiefly, Mainly
228.	On Account of	Due to
229.	On no account	Not for Any Reason
230.	A Fidus Achates	A faithful friend or a devoted follower
231.	The Heel of Achilles	A Weak Point
232.	An Adonis	A very handsome man
233.	To assume airs	To affect superiority
234.	To stand aloof	To keep to oneself and not mix with others
235.	To lead to the altar	To marry
236.	An Ananias	A Liar
237.	An Apollo	A Man with Perfect Physique
238.	To Upset the Apple Cart	To disturb the peace
239.	Apple Pie Order	In perfect order
240.	Arcadian Life	A blissful, happy, rural and simple life
241.	To take up arms	To fight or go to the war
242.	To Grind	To have some selfish objective in view
243.	To break the back of anything	To perform the most difficult part
244.	To backbite a person	To speak disguise about someone
245.	He has no backbone	He has no will of his own
246.	To cause bad blood	To Cause Enmity
247.	Bag and Baggage	With all one’s belongings
248.	To keep the ball rolling	To keep things going
249.	Barmecide feast	Imaginary Benefits
250.	Bee-line	The shortest distance between two places
251.	Behind one’s back	Without one’s Knowledge
252.	Behind the scenes	In Private
253.	To hit below the belt	To act unfairly in a contest
254.	To bite the dust	To be Defeated in Battle
255.	A Wet Blanket	A person who discourages enjoyment or enthusiasm
256.	In Cold Blood	Deliberately
257.	A blue Stocking	A learned/educated or intellectual woman
258.	At First Blush	At first sight
259.	A Bolt from the Blue	Something completely unexpected that surprises you
260.	One’s bread and butter	One’s means of livelihood
261.	To breadth one’s last	To Die
262.	To make bricks without straw	To attempt to do something without proper materials
263.	To kick the bucket	To die
264.	Good wine needs no bush	There is no need to advertise something good
265.	To burn the candle at both ends	To expend energy in two directions at the same time
266.	If the cap fits, wear it	If you think the remarks refer to you, then accept the criticism
267.	Care killed the cat	Don’t fret and worry yourself to death
268.	To catch one’s eye	To attract attention
269.	To take the chair	To preside a meeting
270.	She is no chicken	She is older than she says
271.	To pick and choose	To make a careful selection
272.	To square the circle	To attempt something impossible
273.	Every cloud has a silver lining	Adverse conditions do not last forever
274.	Close fisted	Mean
275.	Cut your cloth according to your cloth	Live within your income
276.	A cock and bull story	A foolishly incredible story
277.	To be cocksure	To be perfectly sure or certain
278.	To throw cold water upon anything	To discourage efforts
279.	Off-color	Not in the usual form
280.	To commit to memory	To learn by heart
281.	Too many cooks spoil the broth	Where there are more workers than necessary
282.	Crocodile tears	Hypocritical Tears
283.	By hook or by crook	By fair or foul means
284.	Cut and dried	Readymade
285.	Up to date	Recent
286.	Evil days	A period of misfortune
287.	Halcyon Days	A time when there are peace and happiness in the land
288.	To step into dead man’s shoes	To come into an inheritance
289.	Go to the devil	Be off
290.	Devil’s bones	Dice
291.	Devil’s Playthings	Playing Cards
292.	Give a dog a bad name and hang him	Once a person loses his reputation
293.	Every dog has his day	Sooner or later, everyone has his share of good fortune
294.	To throw dust in one’s eyes	To try to deceive someone or mislead someone
295.	A white elephant	A useless possession which is extremely expensive to keep
296.	To set the Thames on fire	To do something sensational or remarkable
297.	A burnt child dreads the fire	One who has had previous unpleasant experience is always scared of situations where such experiences are likely to be repeated
298.	A fish out of water	Anyone in an awkward
299.	Foul play	Cheating
300.	To jump from a frying pan into fire	To come out of one trouble and get into a worse
301.	All that glitters are not gold	Things are not always as attractive as they appear
302.	To die in harness	To continue at one’s occupation until death
303.	Make hay while the sun shines	Take advantage of all opportunities
304.	Lock, stock and barrel	The whole of everything
305.	A miss is as good as a mile	Comes nowhere near it. If someone narrowly misses the target it still is treated as a missed one or failure.
306.	To move heaven and earth	To exert all efforts
307.	One swallow does not make a summer	It is unreliable to base one’s conclusions on only a single test or incident
308.	If wishes were horses, beggars might ride	If wishing could make things happen, then even the most destitute people would have everything they wanted
309.	A nine days’ wonder	An event which relates a sensation for a time but is soon forgotten
310.	Yellow press	Newspapers publish sensational and unscrupulous stories and exaggerate the news to attract readers.
311.	A ballpark figure	A general financial figure
312.	To balance the books	To make certain that the amount of money spent is not more than the amount of money received.
313.	A cash cow	A product or service that makes a lot of money for a company
314.	Devil’s Advocate	To present a counter-argument
315.	Don’t give up the day job	You are not very good at something. You could not do it professionally.
316.	To cook the books	To modify financial statements
317.	To get the sack	To be dismissed from your job
318.	To be snowed under	To be very busy
319.	To work your fingers to the bone or to sweat blood	To work really hard
320.	Hear it on the grapevine	To hear rumors
321.	In the heat of the moment	Overwhelmed by what is happening at the moment
322.	Not a spark of decency	No Manners
323.	Speak of the devil!	This expression is used when the person you have just been talking about arrives
324.	Whole nine yards	Everything. All of it
325.	Your guess is as good as mine	To have no idea about anything

Idioms and Phrases In English

Here is a collection of such idioms and phrases in English, along with their definitions in the table that follows.

Idioms and Phrases In English
Idiom		Meaning in English	Meaning in Hindi
	Burn the midnight oil	Work or study hard	खूब मेहनत करो या पढ़ाई करो
	Call a spade a spade	Speak frankly and directly	खुलकर और सीधे बोलें
	Come off with flying colors	Be highly successful	अत्यधिक सफल हो
	Hoping against hope	Without hope	बिना उम्मीद के
	Like two peas in a pod	Be together always	हमेशा साथ रहो
	Know which way the wind blows	To understand what is happening	यह समझने के लिए कि क्या हो रहा है
	Hit the nail on the head	To do something the exact way in which it should be done / Also refers to giving a direct answer	किसी काम को ठीक उसी तरीके से करना जिस तरीके से किया जाना चाहिए / इसका तात्पर्य सीधा उत्तर देने से भी है
	Catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar	Getting what you want by being nice	अच्छा बनकर आप जो चाहते हैं उसे प्राप्त करें
	Let someone off the hook	Releasing someone or letting someone go	किसी को रिहा करना या किसी को जाने देना
	Like riding a bicycle	A skill that you learn and will never forget	एक कौशल जिसे आप सीखेंगे और कभी नहीं भूलेंगे
	Blame one’s tools	Blaming something on someone else	किसी बात का दोष किसी और पर मढ़ना
	It’s not rocket science	Not that difficult to comprehend	समझना इतना भी मुश्किल नहीं है
	Spill the beans	Reveal a secret	एक रहस्य उजागर करें
	Get the show on the road	Start something or begin an enterprise	कुछ भी शुरू करें या कोई उद्यम शुरू करें
	Pull the last straw	The final point in a series of unfortunate events when you feel you cannot take it anymore	दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण घटनाओं की श्रृंखला में अंतिम बिंदु जब आपको लगता है कि आप इसे और नहीं सह सकते
	That ship has sailed	It is too late to do something	कुछ करने के लिए बहुत देर हो चुकी है
	It is always the darkest before dawn	Something good is coming / Things will get better	कुछ अच्छा होने वाला है / हालात बेहतर हो जायेंगे
	Have one’s head in the clouds	To have no concentration at all	बिल्कुल भी एकाग्रता न होना
	On thin ice	Used to refer to a sensitive scenario or a person who is in trouble	इसका उपयोग किसी संवेदनशील परिदृश्य या ऐसे व्यक्ति को संदर्भित करने के लिए किया जाता है जो संकट में है
	Give a cold shoulder	Act rudely to someone	किसी के साथ अभद्र व्यवहार करना
	Cannot make an omelette without breaking some eggs	Everything has a cost to pay	हर चीज़ की एक कीमत चुकानी पड़ती है
	Once bitten, twice shy	Being extremely cautious as you have been hurt already	अत्यधिक सतर्क रहें क्योंकि आपको पहले ही चोट लग चुकी है
	Bolt from the blue	Something that happens unexpectedly or without a warning	कुछ ऐसा जो अप्रत्याशित रूप से या बिना किसी चेतावनी के घटित होता है
	When it rains, it pours	When everything goes wrong at once	जब सब कुछ एक ही बार में गलत हो जाए
	Miss the boat	To act too slowly and miss an opportunity	बहुत धीरे-धीरे कार्य करना और अवसर गँवाना
	Pull someone’s leg	To make fun of someone	किसी का मज़ाक उड़ाना
	No pain no gain	Suffering or making efforts is required to achieve something	कुछ हासिल करने के लिए कष्ट सहना या प्रयास करना जरूरी है
	See eye to eye	Have the same opinion or have the same point of view	एक ही राय रखें या एक ही दृष्टिकोण रखें
	Wear your heart on your sleeve	To be extremely open about what you feel and think	आप जो महसूस करते हैं और सोचते हैं उसके बारे में बेहद खुला होना
	Takes two to tango	Two persons are equally responsible for what is happening or has happened	जो कुछ हो रहा है या हो चुका है उसके लिए दो व्यक्ति समान रूप से जिम्मेदार हैं
	Come rain or shine	No matter what happens	चाहे जो हो जाये
	So far so good	Means that everything has turned out well until that point	इसका मतलब है कि उस बिंदु तक सब कुछ ठीक हो गया है
	Comparing apples to oranges	To compare two things that are completely different and cannot be compared	दो चीजों की तुलना करना जो बिल्कुल अलग हैं और जिनकी तुलना नहीं की जा सकती
	When pigs fly	When something uncanny or impossible happens	जब कुछ अलौकिक या असंभव घटित होता है
	Curiosity killed the cat	Asking too many questions or involving too much in other people’s affairs will get you into trouble	बहुत अधिक प्रश्न पूछना या दूसरे लोगों के मामलों में बहुत अधिक शामिल होना आपको परेशानी में डाल देगा
	The best of both worlds	Good in every way	हर तरह से अच्छा
	Burn bridges	Do something to spoil relationships	रिश्ते खराब करने के लिए कुछ ऐसा करें
	The whole nine yards	Refer to everything that is there	वहां जो कुछ भी है उसका संदर्भ लें
	Grass is greener on the other side	Never being satisfied with what one gets	जो मिलता है उससे कभी संतुष्ट नहीं होना
	Every dog has its day	Everyone gets a chance	हर किसी को मौका मिलता है
	Counting your chickens before they hatch	Expecting good results before something is done	किसी काम को करने से पहले अच्छे परिणाम की उम्मीद करना
	Go down in flames	To fail terribly	बुरी तरह असफल होना
	Adding fuel to the fire	Aggravating the problem	समस्या बढ़ रही है
	Wrap your head around something	Try to make sense about what is going on	जो चल रहा है उसे समझने का प्रयास करें
	Cut the mustard	Do a perfectly good job	बिल्कुल अच्छा काम करो
	Jump from the frying pan into the fire	Refers to a situation becoming worse	बदतर होती जा रही स्थिति को संदर्भित करता है
	Cry over spilt milk	Worrying or complaining about something that cannot be fixed/rectified	किसी ऐसी चीज़ के बारे में चिंता करना या शिकायत करना जिसे ठीक/ठीक नहीं किया जा सकता
	Have a method to one’s madness	Seeming to be crazy but in fact, clever	देखने में तो पागल लगते हैं, पर वास्तव में चतुर हैं
	Do something at the drop of a hat	Do something unplanned	कुछ अनियोजित करो
	Get wind of something	To have information about something secret	किसी गुप्त बात की जानकारी होना
	Hear it from the horse’s mouth	To know something from the person involved	संबंधित व्यक्ति से कुछ जानना
	Fit as a fiddle	To be in good health	अच्छे स्वास्थ्य के लिए
	Take everything with a pinch of salt	Refers to being sceptic and not believing blindly	संशयवादी होने और आँख मूँद कर विश्वास न करने को संदर्भित करता है
	A pain in the neck	Refers to a person who is annoying	एक ऐसे व्यक्ति को संदर्भित करता है जो परेशान करने वाला है
	The best thing since sliced bread	A good and useful invention	एक अच्छा और उपयोगी आविष्कार
	Walk in the other’s shoes	To understand what the other is going through	यह समझने के लिए कि दूसरा क्या झेल रहा है
	Break the ice	To make people feel comfortable with those who are unfamiliar to them	लोगों को उन लोगों के साथ सहज महसूस कराना जो उनके लिए अपरिचित हैं
	Having a monkey on your back	To have a problem that you cannot solve or get rid off easily	ऐसी समस्या होना जिसे आप आसानी से हल नहीं कर सकते या छुटकारा नहीं पा सकते
	Go on a wild goose chase	Doing something pointless	कुछ करना व्यर्थ है
	Rain cats and dogs	Raining heavily	भारी बारिश हो रही है
	Once in a blue moon	Very rarely	बहुत मुश्किल से ही
	Bark up the wrong tree	Following a misguided or mistaken thought or action	किसी गुमराह या गलत विचार या कार्य का अनुसरण करना
	Have the ball in one’s court	One can make a call / decide on their own	कोई स्वयं कॉल/निर्णय ले सकता है
	Devil quoting the Bible	Good things being twisted for selfish and evil purposes	अच्छी चीज़ों को स्वार्थी और बुरे उद्देश्यों के लिए तोड़-मरोड़ कर पेश किया जा रहा है
	The devil is in the details	Refers to something that seems to be good only from a distance	किसी ऐसी चीज़ को संदर्भित करता है जो केवल दूर से ही अच्छी लगती है
	Other fish in the sea	More opportunities	ज़्यादा अवसर
	Spread like a wildfire	Spread quickly	तेजी से फैलो
	Out of gear	Disturb the work	काम में खलल डालना
	Something ain’t over until the fat lady sings	It is not over yet / there is more to the situation	यह अभी ख़त्म नहीं हुआ है/स्थिति में और भी बहुत कुछ है
	Bounce off the walls	To be extremely excited and energetic	अत्यधिक उत्साहित और ऊर्जावान होना
	As right as rain	Something is perfect	कुछ तो उत्तम है
	To get bent out of shape	To be upset, to take offence, to be angry	परेशान होना, नाराज़ होना, क्रोधित होना
	Every cloud has a silver lining	There is always some good in every thing that happens / Something good will happen after something bad	हर चीज़ में कुछ न कुछ अच्छा जरूर होता है / कुछ बुरा होने के बाद कुछ अच्छा भी होता है
	Play the devil’s advocate	To argue or fight over something just for the sake of it	किसी बात के लिए सिर्फ बहस या झगड़ा करना
	Cross that bridge when we get to it	Deal with the problem when it happens	समस्या घटित होने पर उससे निपटें
	Throw caution to the wind	To take a risk	जोखिम उठाना
	The best thing since sliced bread	A good and useful invention	एक अच्छा और उपयोगी आविष्कार
	Walk in the other’s shoes	To understand what the other is going through	यह समझने के लिए कि दूसरा क्या झेल रहा है
	Break the ice	To make people feel comfortable with those who are unfamiliar to them	लोगों को उन लोगों के साथ सहज महसूस कराना जो उनके लिए अपरिचित हैं
	Having a monkey on your back	To have a problem that you cannot solve or get rid off easily	ऐसी समस्या होना जिसे आप आसानी से हल नहीं कर सकते या छुटकारा नहीं पा सकते
	Go on a wild goose chase	Doing something pointless	कुछ करना व्यर्थ है
	Rain cats and dogs	Raining heavily	भारी बारिश हो रही है
	Once in a blue moon	Very rarely	बहुत मुश्किल से ही
	Bark up the wrong tree	Following a misguided or mistaken thought or action	किसी गुमराह या गलत विचार या कार्य का अनुसरण करना
	Have the ball in one’s court	One can make a call / decide on their own	कोई स्वयं कॉल/निर्णय ले सकता है
	Devil quoting the Bible	Good things being twisted for selfish and evil purposes	अच्छी चीज़ों को स्वार्थी और बुरे उद्देश्यों के लिए तोड़-मरोड़ कर पेश किया जा रहा है
	The devil is in the details	Refers to something that seems to be good only from a distance	किसी ऐसी चीज़ को संदर्भित करता है जो केवल दूर से ही अच्छी लगती है
	Other fish in the sea	More opportunities	ज़्यादा अवसर
	A snowball’s chance in hell	No chance at all at surviving	जीवित रहने की बिल्कुल भी संभावना नहीं
	Something ain’t over until the fat lady sings	It is not over yet / there is more to the situation	यह अभी ख़त्म नहीं हुआ है/स्थिति में और भी बहुत कुछ है
	Bounce off the walls	To be extremely excited and energetic	अत्यधिक उत्साहित और ऊर्जावान होना
	As right as rain	Something is perfect	कुछ तो उत्तम है
	To get bent out of shape	To be upset, to take offence, to be angry	परेशान होना, नाराज़ होना, क्रोधित होना
	Every cloud has a silver lining	There is always some good in every thing that happens / Something good will happen after something bad	हर चीज़ में कुछ न कुछ अच्छा जरूर होता है / कुछ बुरा होने के बाद कुछ अच्छा भी होता है
	Play the devil’s advocate	To argue or fight over something just for the sake of it	किसी बात के लिए सिर्फ बहस या झगड़ा करना
	Cross that bridge when we get to it	Deal with the problem when it happens	समस्या घटित होने पर उससे निपटें
	Throw caution to the wind	To take a risk	जोखिम उठाना
	A penny for your thoughts	Used to ask someone what they are thinking	किसी से पूछते थे कि वे क्या सोच रहे हैं
	Bite off more than you can chew	To do more than you can	अपनी क्षमता से अधिक करना
	Judging a book by its cover	Judge or form an opinion on someone based on appearances	दिखावे के आधार पर किसी का मूल्यांकन करना या उसके बारे में राय बनाना
	Rain on one’s parade	To spoil someone’s moment of praise / To spoil something	किसी की प्रशंसा के क्षण को ख़राब करना / किसी चीज़ को ख़राब करना
	By the skin of your teeth	By a very narrow margin, the slightest if chances	बहुत ही कम अंतर से, यदि संभावना नगण्य हो
	Put all your eggs in one basket	Doing something risky	कुछ जोखिम भरा काम करना
	Put something on ice	To hold off something	किसी चीज़ को रोके रखना
	Cannot have a cake and eat it too	Cannot have everything for yourself	सब कुछ अपने लिए नहीं हो सकता
	Beat around the bush	To avoid talking about what’s important	जो महत्वपूर्ण है उसके बारे में बात करने से बचें
	Get your act together	Get organized and do things effectively	संगठित हो जाओ और काम प्रभावी ढंग से करो
	Hit the sack	Go to sleep	सो जाओ
	Your guess is as good as mine	I do not know	मुझे नहीं पता
	Good things come to those who wait	To have patience	धैर्य रखना
	Back against the wall	Stuck in a difficult circumstance with no escape	ऐसी कठिन परिस्थिति में फँस गया हूँ जहाँ से निकलने का कोई रास्ता नहीं है
	Up in arms	Being grumpy or angry about something	किसी बात पर चिड़चिड़े या क्रोधित होना
	Scrape the barrel	Making the most of the worst situations or things	सबसे खराब स्थितियों या चीजों का अधिकतम लाभ उठाना
	Burn your boats/bridges	Doing something that makes it impossible to go back to the original state.	कुछ ऐसा करना जिससे मूल स्थिति में वापस जाना असंभव हो जाए।
	Break fresh/new ground	Doing something that has never been done before	कुछ ऐसा करना जो पहले कभी नहीं किया गया
	Sell like hot cakes	Quick sellout	त्वरित बिक्री
	Run around in circles	Putting efforts into something that is not a worthwhile result	किसी ऐसी चीज़ में प्रयास करना जिसका कोई सार्थक परिणाम न हो
	On cloud nine	Being very happy	बहुत खुश हो रहे हैं
	Left out in the cold	Being ignored	ध्यान नही दिया जा रहा है
	Blow hot and cold	Alternate inconsistently between moods and actions	मनोदशाओं और कार्यों के बीच असंगत रूप से परिवर्तन करें
	Cut corners	Doing something in an easier and least expensive manner	किसी काम को आसान और कम खर्चीले तरीके से करना
	Boil the ocean	Taking up an almost impossible or overly ambitious project	लगभग असंभव या अत्यधिक महत्वाकांक्षी परियोजना को हाथ में लेना
	Keep an ear to the ground	Staying informed about everything	हर चीज़ के बारे में जानकारी रखना
	Eat like a horse	Eating too excessively	बहुत ज्यादा खाना
	A snowball effect	The aspect of momentum in every event and how they build upon each other	प्रत्येक घटना में गति का पहलू और वे एक-दूसरे पर कैसे प्रभाव डालते हैं
	Tie the knot	to marry a mate	एक साथी से शादी करने के लिए
	The ball is in your court	one needs to take some action to keep something going	किसी चीज़ को जारी रखने के लिए कुछ कार्रवाई करने की ज़रूरत है
	A piece of cake	something easily achieved	कुछ आसानी से हासिल किया जा सकता है
	A picture paints a thousand words	an image of a subject conveys its meaning or essence more effectively than a description does.	किसी विषय की छवि विवरण की तुलना में उसके अर्थ या सार को अधिक प्रभावी ढंग से बताती है।
	Bed of roses	an easy, comfortable situation.	एक आसान, आरामदायक स्थिति.
	To make a long story short	used to end an account of events quickly	घटनाओं का लेखा-जोखा शीघ्र समाप्त करने के लिए उपयोग किया जाता है
	Smell a rat	to sense that someone has caused something wrong	यह महसूस करना कि किसी ने कुछ गलत किया है
	Sixth sense	a supposed power to know or feel things that are not perceptible by the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.	उन चीजों को जानने या महसूस करने की एक कथित शक्ति जो दृष्टि, श्रवण, गंध, स्वाद और स्पर्श की पांच इंद्रियों द्वारा बोधगम्य नहीं हैं।
	Rome was not built in a day	Important work takes time	महत्वपूर्ण कार्य में समय लगता है
	Turn a blind eye	pretend not to notice.	नोटिस न करने का नाटक करें।
	Don’t put all your eggs in one basket	a piece of advice which means that one should not concentrate all efforts and resources in one area.	एक सलाह जिसका अर्थ है कि किसी को सभी प्रयासों और संसाधनों को एक ही क्षेत्र में केंद्रित नहीं करना चाहिए।
	Through thick and thin	under all circumstances, no matter how difficult	हर परिस्थिति में, चाहे कितनी भी मुश्किल क्यों न हो
	Rise and shine	Wake up and get out of bed promptly	उठें और तुरंत बिस्तर से बाहर निकलें
	Wet one’s whistle	have a drink	एक जाम लें
	Put the best foot forward	Start impressively	प्रभावशाली शुरुआत करें
	Stick one’s neck out	To take a risk	जोखिम उठाना
	Bear the palm	Be victorious	जय हो
	From the horse’s mouth	From a reliable source	एक विश्वसनीय स्रोत से
	Fool’s errand	Useless undertaking	बेकार उपक्रम
	Be hand and foot	In all possible ways; by all means	हर संभव तरीके से; हर तरह से
	Gray matter	Intelligence	बुद्धिमत्ता
	Hear it on grapevine	To hear rumours about something or someone	किसी चीज़ या व्यक्ति के बारे में अफवाहें सुनना
	Bend over backwards	Do whatever it takes to help, willing to do anything	मदद के लिए जो भी करना पड़े वह करें, कुछ भी करने को तैयार हैं
	Get your walking papers	Get fired from the job	नौकरी से निकाल दो
	For the time being	Temporarily	अस्थायी रूप से
	Lock and key	In safe place	सुरक्षित स्थान पर
	Cast a shadow on	Spoil or let down	बिगाड़ना या नीचा दिखाना
	In the face of	Regardless	ध्यान दिए बगैर
	Whole bag of tricks	Make use of all the possibilities or techniques to achieve something.	कुछ हासिल करने के लिए सभी संभावनाओं या तकनीकों का उपयोग करें।
	Dog eat dog	Ruthlessly competitive	निर्दयतापूर्वक प्रतिस्पर्धी
	Vote with one’s feet	To show disapproval	अस्वीकृति दर्शाने के लिए
	Wipe the nose of	To Cheat	चूना लगाना
	Cork something up	To stop up one’s mouth and be quiet	अपना मुँह बंद करना और चुप रहना
	Cook someone’s goose	Spoil other person’s chances of success	दूसरे व्यक्ति की सफलता की संभावनाएँ ख़राब करें
	Sink or swim	Fail or succeed	असफल या सफल
	Hit the road running	Start something and proceed at a fast pace with enthusiasm	किसी काम की शुरुआत करें और उत्साह के साथ तेज गति से आगे बढ़ें
	To toe the line	To accept the authority or policies of a particular group, especially unwillingly	किसी विशेष समूह के अधिकार या नीतियों को विशेषकर अनिच्छा से स्वीकार करना
	Spelled Out	explain something explicitly	किसी बात को स्पष्ट रूप से समझाना
	Throw caution to the wind	do something without worrying about the risk or negative results	जोखिम या नकारात्मक परिणामों की चिंता किए बिना कुछ करें
	On thin ice	in a precarious or risky situation	किसी अनिश्चित या जोखिम भरी स्थिति में
	a wild goose chase	a search that is completely unsuccessful and a waste of time	एक ऐसी खोज जो पूरी तरह से असफल और समय की बर्बादी है
	head over heels	falling deeply in love with another person	किसी अन्य व्यक्ति के साथ गहराई से प्यार में पड़ना
	at eleventh hour	last moment or almost late	अंतिम क्षण या लगभग देर से
	On cloud nine	being extremely happy making the sentence contextually incorrect.	वाक्य को प्रासंगिक रूप से गलत बनाकर बेहद खुश होना।
	A sitting duck	a person or thing with no protection against an attack or other source of danger	कोई व्यक्ति या वस्तु जिसके पास किसी हमले या खतरे के अन्य स्रोत से कोई सुरक्षा नहीं है
	Spilling the beans	reveal secret information unintentionally or indiscreetly	अनजाने या अविवेकपूर्ण तरीके से गुप्त जानकारी प्रकट करना
	Scot-free	without suffering any punishment or injury	बिना कोई सज़ा या चोट झेले
	An arm and a leg	phrase is used to refer something that is very expensive	वाक्यांश का उपयोग किसी ऐसी चीज़ को संदर्भित करने के लिए किया जाता है जो बहुत महंगी है
	Bread and butter	in reference to something every day or ordinary	हर दिन या सामान्य किसी चीज़ के संदर्भ में
	Grow into	become as a result of natural development or gradual increase	प्राकृतिक विकास या क्रमिक वृद्धि के परिणामस्वरूप बनें
	Put Off	to postpone or arrange a later date	बाद की तारीख को स्थगित करना या व्यवस्थित करना
	Iron out	to resolve by discussion	चर्चा द्वारा समाधान करना
	Tear up	To destroy or severely damage something	किसी चीज़ को नष्ट करना या गंभीर रूप से क्षति पहुँचाना
	Clam up	To refuse to speak	बोलने से इंकार करना
	Think back	recall a past event or time	किसी पिछली घटना या समय को याद करना
	Wear off	lose effectiveness or intensity	प्रभावशीलता या तीव्रता खोना
	Catch up	an act of catching up or matching someone or something in a particular activity	किसी विशेष गतिविधि में किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु को पकड़ने या उससे मेल खाने की क्रिया
	Easy come, easy go	said when something, especially money, is easily got and then soon spent or lost	ऐसा तब कहा जाता है जब कोई चीज़, विशेष रूप से पैसा, आसानी से मिल जाता है और फिर जल्द ही खर्च हो जाता है या खो जाता है
	To spin one’s wheels	waste one’s time or efforts	किसी का समय या प्रयास बर्बाद करना
	To be pushing up daisies	dead and buried	मृत और दफनाया गया
	All good things must come to an end	everything that one is fond off comes to an end, eventually	वह हर चीज़ जिसका कोई शौकीन होता है, आख़िरकार ख़त्म हो जाती है
	Blood is thicker than water	family relationships and loyalties are the strongest and most important ones	पारिवारिक रिश्ते और वफादारी सबसे मजबूत और सबसे महत्वपूर्ण हैं
	All bark and no bite	threatening, aggressive, but not willing to engage in a fight	धमकी देने वाला, आक्रामक, लेकिन लड़ाई में शामिल होने को तैयार नहीं
	An axe to grind	To have a complaint or dispute that one feels compelled to discuss	कोई ऐसी शिकायत या विवाद होना जिस पर चर्चा करने के लिए कोई बाध्य महसूस करता हो
	All in the same boat	in the same situation; having the same problem	उसी स्थिति में; एक ही समस्या है
	All Greek to me	expressing that something is not understandable	यह व्यक्त करना कि कुछ समझ में नहीं आ रहा है
	To bend over backwards	to work very hard to accomplish something for someone	किसी के लिए कुछ हासिल करने के लिए बहुत कड़ी मेहनत करना
	No man is an island	to require help from other every now and then because of one’s limitations	अपनी सीमाओं के कारण समय-समय पर दूसरे से सहायता की आवश्यकता होती है
	Tongue-in-cheek	Jocular or humorous, though seeming or appearing to be serious	मज़ाकिया या विनोदी, यद्यपि गंभीर प्रतीत होता या प्रतीत होता है
	Wear your heart on your sleeve	to display one’s feelings openly and habitually, rather than keep them private	अपनी भावनाओं को निजी रखने के बजाय खुले तौर पर और आदतन प्रदर्शित करना
	When it rains, it pours	something good or bad occurring multiple times within a short span of time.	कुछ अच्छा या बुरा बहुत कम समय में कई बार घटित होना।
	A slap on the wrist	means a mild reprimand or punishment.	मतलब हल्की फटकार या सज़ा।
	A blessing in disguise	an unfortunate event or situation that results in an unforeseen positive outcome.	एक दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण घटना या स्थिति जिसके परिणामस्वरूप अप्रत्याशित सकारात्मक परिणाम मिलता है।

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