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Idioms |
Meaning |
Sentence |
Above all |
āϏāϰā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāϰāĻŋ |
Above all, he is a good man. |
Above board |
āϏāĻāĻļā§āĻšā§āύāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āώ |
His activities are open and above board |
Achillesâ heel |
āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦāϞāϤāĻž |
Hankering for votes is the Achillesâ heel of the leaders of our country |
All but |
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§ |
The poor villagers are all but ruined |
Apple of discord |
āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠|
The land has become an apple of discord between the two brothers |
At a loss |
āĻšāϤāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ, āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāϰā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§ā§ |
I am now at a loss and donât know the solution. |
At all events |
āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻāύāĻž āĻā§āύ |
I shall stand by him at all events |
At bay |
āĻā§āύāĻ āĻžāϏāĻž |
The tiger was at bay in the bush |
At oneâs finger ends |
āύāĻāĻĻāϰā§āĻĒāĻŖā§ |
All these facts are his fingers ends. |
At daggers drawn |
āĻļāϤā§āϰā§āϤāĻž |
The two children are at daggers drawn now. |
At oneâs wit âs end |
āĻšāϤāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ |
He was at his witâs end and did not know what to do. |
At stake |
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻž |
His life is at a stake now. |
Bad blood |
āĻŽāύā§āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāύā§āϝ |
Now there is a bad blood between the two sisters. |
Beat about the bush |
āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āύāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻāĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž |
Please come to the point without beating about the bush |
Birds of feather |
āĻāĻāϰāĻāĻŽ āϏā§āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϰ āϞā§āĻ |
Birds of feather flock together |
Black sheep |
āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ |
He is a black sheep for the family. |
By all means |
āϏāϰā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāϰ⧠|
Try to complete it by all means |
By fits and starts |
āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ |
He works by fits and starts |
By hook or by crook |
āϝā§āĻā§āύāĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ⧠|
You must do this work by hook or by crook |
By leaps and bounds |
āĻ āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻāϤāĻŋāϤ⧠|
The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds |
Bid fair |
āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāϰāĻž |
He bids fair to be a good doctor |
Big gun |
āύā§āϤā§āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύā§ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ |
The man behind the police is a big gun of our locality |
Birdâs eye view |
āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž |
He took a birdâs eye view of the flood-stricken are from an airplane |
Bone of connection |
āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠|
The paternal property is the bone of contention among the family members. |
Book worm |
āĻā§āϰāύā§āĻĨāĻā§āĻ |
Donât be a book worm. |
Bring to book |
āĻļāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž |
The students should be bring to book for their misconduct |
Build castle in the air |
āĻāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§āϏā§āĻŽ āϰāĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž |
Donât waste your time in building castle in the air |
Breathe oneâs last |
āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻž |
The old man breathes his last on Sunday last. |
Call to mind |
āϏā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž |
I cannot call to mind your cell number |
Call in question |
āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻāϰāĻž |
No one can call his honesty in question |
Carry the day |
āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž |
The boys carried the day in the debate competition |
Chip of the old block |
āĻŦāĻžāĻĒāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻž |
Mr. Mukherjee is the chip of the old block |
Crying need |
āĻāϰā§āϰ⧠|
Mass education is a crying need for India |
Crocodile tears |
āĻŽāĻžā§āĻžāĻāĻžāύā§āύāĻž |
He shed crocodile tears at our misery |
Cock and bull story |
āĻāώāĻžā§ā§ āĻāϞā§āĻĒ |
You must be ashamed of your cock and bull story |
Cut a sorry figure |
āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻĢāϞ āĻāϰāĻž |
He cuts a sorry figure in the examination |
Cut to the quick |
āĻŽāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ āĻšāĻā§āĻž |
I was cut to the quick by his birds |
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Idioms |
Meaning |
Sentence |
Dead against |
āϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āϧ⧠|
I am dead against his proposal |
Dead language |
āϝ⧠āĻāĻžāώāĻž āĻāĻāύ āĻāϰ āĻāĻĨā§āϝ āύ⧠|
Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language. |
Dead of night |
āĻŽāϧā§āϝāϰāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻŋ |
The robbers broke into the house at head of night |
Die in harness |
āĻāϰā§āĻŽāϰāϤ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻž |
Dr. Sen died in harness |
Do yeomanâs service |
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž |
 Freedom fighters have done yeomanâs service for country. |
End in smoke |
āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻā§āĻž |
All his plans ended in smoke. |
Fall flat |
āĻĢāϞāĻĒā§āϰāϏ⧠āύāĻž āĻšāĻā§āĻž |
My advice feels flat on him. |
Fight shy |
āĻā§āĻŋā§ā§ āĻāϞāĻž |
Why do you fight shy of your teacher? |
Fish out of water |
āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāϏā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž |
When he came to the village , he felt like fish out of water |
Fish in a troubled water |
āĻāϞā§āĻŽā§āϞ⧠āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϝā§āĻ āύā§ā§āĻž |
He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water |
Far and wide |
āϏāϰā§āĻŦāϤā§āϰ |
His fame spread far and wide |
Flesh and blood |
āϰāĻā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāĻāϏā§āϰ āĻļāϰā§āϰ |
Flesh and blood cannot bear with these such insults |
For good |
āĻāĻŋāϰāĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ |
He left the house for good |
From hand to mouth |
āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāύ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻžā§ |
The poor man live from hand to mouth |
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Idioms |
Meaning |
Sentence |
Gala day |
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻĻāĻŋāύ |
The Eid âUl-Fitr is a gala day for Muslims. |
Get rid of |
āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻž |
Try to get rid of the rogue. |
Gift of the gab |
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻā§āϤāĻž |
An advocate should have the gift of the gab. |
Hard nut to crack |
āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž |
The problem of adult education is really hard nut to crack |
Head and ears |
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāϰā§āĻĒā§ |
He is over head and ears in debt |
Hold water |
āϧā§āĻĒā§ āĻā§āĻāĻž |
This policy will not hold water in this situation. |
Hue and cry |
āĻļā§āϰāĻā§āϞ |
The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief |
Hush money |
āĻā§āώ |
He offered a hush money to disclose the file. |
In a fix |
āĻŽā§āĻļāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻā§āĻž |
The man is in a fix with his new hairstyle. |
In full swing |
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻĻāĻŽā§ |
The school is in full swing after the vacation |
In lieu of |
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠|
Give me this pen in lieu of that |
In cold blood |
āĻ āĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžā§ |
They committed this murder in cold blood |
In no time |
āĻļā§āĻā§āϰ |
He will finish the work in no time |
Ins and out |
āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāύāĻžāĻāĻŋ |
I know ins and outs of this file |
In vogue |
āĻāĻžāϞ⧠|
This custom is not in vogue at present |
In a nutshell |
āϏāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§ |
Tell the whole story in a nutshell |
In oneâs teens |
āϤā§āϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāύāĻŋāĻļ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϏā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ |
She is yet in her teens |
In the long run |
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāĻžāĻŽā§ |
You will have to suffer in the long run |
Irony of fate |
āĻāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ |
He could not succeed by irony of fate. |
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Idioms |
Meaning |
Sentence |
Kith and kin |
āύāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻāϤā§āĻŽā§ā§ |
He has no relation with his kith and kin |
Lionâs share |
āĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϰ āĻ āĻāĻļ |
He took the lionâs share of the profit |
Lame excuse |
āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāϰ |
The lame excuse will not do. |
Maiden speech |
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻā§āϤā§āϤāĻž |
His maiden speech fell flat on the audience |
Man of letters |
āĻĒāύā§āĻĄāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ |
You are truly a man of letters |
Man of straw |
āĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĨ |
We do not care for a man of straw like you. |
Make both ends meet |
āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝ⧠āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ⧠|
I cannot make both ends meet with my small income |
Moot point |
āĻ āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠|
Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh. |
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Idioms |
Meaning |
Sentence |
Nip in the bud |
āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāύāώā§āĻ āĻšāĻā§āĻž |
All his hopes were nipped in the bud. |
Null and void |
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ |
The deed has been null and void now. |
Now and then |
āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ |
He comes here now and then |
Of course |
āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ |
Of course, you know what that meant. |
On the contrary |
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰā§āϤ āĻĒāĻā§āώ⧠|
I do not hate him; on the contrary I love him. |
On the wane |
āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻŽāĻžāύ |
His fame is on the wane now. |
On the whole |
āĻŽā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ |
On the whole, his conduct is good |
Out of date |
āϏā§āĻā§āϞ⧠|
This fashion is out of date |
Out of sorts |
āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻ āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ |
The baby is out of sorts after playing. |
Out of order |
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞ |
the radio has become an out of order |
Out of temper |
āĻā§āϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ |
The teacher is out temper to see the overall results. |
Part and parcel |
āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĻĻā§āϝ āĻ āĻāĻļ |
Education is part and parcel to build a civilized nation. |
Pros and cons |
āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāύāĻžāĻāĻŋ |
You should consider the pros and cons of the system |
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Idioms |
meaning |
Sentence |
Rank and file |
āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϞā§āĻ |
We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country |
Red letter day |
āϏā§āĻŽāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāύ |
The 16th December is a red letter day for us. |
Round the clock |
āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāύ |
He is working round the clock |
Set free |
āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž |
The prisoners were set free |
Slow coach |
āĻ āϞāϏ |
You cannot expect much from a slow coach. |
Slip of the pen |
āϞā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻ āϏāϤāϰā§āĻāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻļāϤ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻā§āϞ |
The mistake is due to a slip of the pen. |
Slip of the tongue |
āĻŦāϞāĻžā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻā§āϞ |
This is a slip of the tongue; donât lay much stress on it. |
Square meal |
āĻĒā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻšāĻžāϰ |
He is too poor to have a square meal everyday |
Stoneâs throw |
āĻ āϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻāĻā§ |
Our school is at a stoneâs throw from our house |
Tooth and nail |
āϤā§āĻŦā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ |
He fought tooth and nail for the sake of country |
To the backbone |
āĻšāĻžā§ā§ āĻšāĻžā§ā§ |
I know this boy to the backbone |
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Idioms |
Meaning |
Sentence |
Ups and downs |
āĻāϤā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒāϤāύ |
There are ups and downs in a manâs life. |
Up and doing |
āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻžāĻā§ |
Be up and doing and then you will be succeed in your life |
White elephant |
āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻŦā§āϝā§āϏāĻžāĻĒā§āĻā§āώ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤāĻž |
At last the department proved to be a white elephant |
Weal and woe |
āϏā§āĻ-āĻĻā§āĻāĻ |
Human life is full of weal and woe. |
Widowâs mite |
āĻĻāϰāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻžāύ |
A windows mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man. |
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A Unit 2001-02
24. He raised his eyebrow at my explanation.
A. show surprise or disapproval
B. show agreement
C. show happiness
D. show indifference
25. In July, he decided to turn over a new leaf and work much harder.
A. get ready for the rainy season
B. change his address
C. to begin a new course of improved behavior,
habit, etc.
D. plant new trees.
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