2nd Year English Notes
2nd Year English Idioms and Phrases in Urdu
12th Class Important Idioms and Phrasal Verbs Notes PDF
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Inter 2nd year English idioms and phrases
| Idiom | Meaning(Urdu) | Sentence |
| A black sheep | بدکردار شخص | Uncle Joe is the black sheep of the family. |
| A red-letter day | خاص یا خوشی کا دِن | The day our daughter was born was a real red-letter day for us. |
| A bed of thorns | مشکلات سے بھرپور | Life of a soldier is a bed of thorns. |
| A bee in bonnet | دُھن سوار ہونا | I got a bee in my bonnet about racing. |
| A bird’s eye view | سرسری جائزہ | We had a bird’s eye view of the city from top of the mountain. |
| A blessing in disguise | پُوشیدہ رحمت | Mom’s illness was a blessing in disguise; it brought the family together for the first time in years. |
| A blind alley | پیش رفت نہ ہونا | All the clues led the detective to a blind alley. |
| A bolt from the blue | حیران کُن واقعہ | The news of his return was a bolt from the blue. |
| A bone of contention | جھگڑے کی وجہ | The house is the bone of contention between the two brothers. |
| A cat’s-paw | آلہٰ کار | A cat’s-paw works only for his master. |
| A child’s play | آسان کام | The test was child’s play to those who took good notes. |
| A close-fisted man | کنجوس | The manager is very close-fisted when it comes to paying salaries. |
| A dark horse | چُھپا رستم | He proved himself a dark horse by winning the first position. |
| A dead letter | ختم شدہ | Our contract with the company is now a dead letter. |
| A dead end | اختتام | Negotiators have reached a dead end in their attempts to find a peaceful solution. |
| A dog in the manger | کمینہ، مطلبی | Stop being a dog in the manger and let me use your books. |
| A drawn game | بلا نتیجہ کھیل | It was a drawn game as neither of the team could win. |
| A fair play | صحیح طریقہ | The coach insists on fair play. |
| A fish out of water | بےچینی کی حالت | The villager was a fish out of water in the city. |
| A fishy story | مشکوک واقعہ/کہانی | No one believes his fishy story about his successful business. |
| A gala day | خوشی کا دن | Success makes every day a gala day. |
| A man of iron will | پُرعزم شخص | Salahudin was a man of iron will. |
| A man of letters | عالم شخص | Allama Iqbal made his identity as a man of letters. |
| A man of parts | کئی خوبیوں والا شخص | Hamid is a man of parts – businessman, sportsman and a cook, to name a few. |
| A narrow escape | بال بال بچنا | We had a narrow escape in the accident this morning. |
| A near miss | بال بال بچنا یا کامیابی سے رہ جانا | I managed to brake just in time but it was a near miss. OR My success was a near miss but I got confused at the end. |
| A rainy day | مشکل وقت | Wise men always save some money for a rainy day. |
| A rolling stone | سفر کرنے والا | Kate has lived in ten cities in as many years – she’s a real rolling stone. |
| A rotten egg | بےکار شخص | He sure has turned out to be a rotten egg. |
| A royal road | آسان طریقہ | There is no royal road to success. |
| A slip of tongue | زبان کا جھول | I failed to understand the instructions because the teacher made a slip of the tongue at an important point. |
| A wet blanket | مزہ خراب کرنے والا شخص | His brother was a wet blanket in the party. |
| A white elephant | مہنگی | The new iPhone is a white elephant for me. |
| A wild goose chase | بےمقصد تلاش | She sent us on a wild goose chase looking for her lost ring. |
| Above board | شک سے بالاتر | A dog’s loyalty is above board. |
| Add fuel to fire | جلتی پر تیل ڈالنا | Shouting at a crying child just adds fuel to the fire. |
| Add insult to injury | زخموں پر نمک چھڑکنا | He added insult to injury by asking about my loss. |
| All and sundry | خاص و عام | Tea was served to all and sundry in the meeting. |
| All at sea | بلکل پریشان | I have been all at sea since I started taking this class. |
| All in all | مجموعی طور پر | All in all, it was a very motivational speech. |
| Alpha and omega | اول و آخر | He had to learn the alpha and omega of corporate law in order to even talk to the lawyers. |
| An apple of discord | جھگڑے کی وجہ | The right to host the Olympic Games is an apple of discord between the two countries. |
| An axe to grind | ذاتی مفاد | He claimed to be disinterested, but I knew he had an axe to grind. |
| An eyewash | دھوکا | The story you just told is just an eyewash. |
| An oily tongue | خوشامدی الفاظ | She has an oily tongue, but an evil heart. |
| Apple-pie order | مکمل ترتیب | Steve keeps his financial records in apple-pie order. |
| Apple of one’s eyes | آنکھ کا تارا | Her grandson is the apple of her eye. |
| As cool as a cucumber | پُرسکون | His exams are near but he remains as cool as a cucumber. |
| At a stone’s throw | بہت قریب | The bakery is just a stone’s throw away. |
| At daggers drawn | دشمنی پر اُتر آنا | The two brothers are at daggers drawn over the land. |
| At eleventh hour | عین وقت پر | He completed his assignment at the eleventh hour. |
| At home in | ماہر ہونا | She is at home in five languages. |
| At large | آزاد | Criminals are at large in the city due to laziness of the police. |
| At one’s wit’s end | پریشان، حواس باختہ ہونا | I’ve tried every possible way to solve this problem, and now I’m at my wit’s end. |
| At a loss | حیران و پریشان ہونا | I was so surprised that I was at a loss for words. |
| At a stretch | مسلسل | We all have to do eight hours of duty at a stretch. |
| At any cost | کسی بھی قیمت پر | We will defend our country at any cost. |
| At cross-purposes | مختلف مقاصد | Enemies are always at cross-purposes. |
| At hand | قریب | With summer holidays at hand, everyone is very excited. |
| At length | آخرکار | At length, spring came and the roses bloomed. |
| At (someone’s) beck and call | حکم کے تابع ہونا | There were dozens of maids and waiters at our beck and call. |
| At stake | خطرے میں | That’s a very risky investment. How much money is at stake? |
| All ears | متوجہ ہو کر سننا | I’m all ears, so hurry up and tell me about the incident. |
| All of a sudden | اچانک | All of a sudden, it became cloudy and started to rain. |
| Around the clock | ہر وقت | Doctors worked around the clock to help the people injured in the train crash. |
| At sixes and sevens | بےترتیب | We’ve just moved in, and the office is still at sixes and sevens |
| Back out | مُکر جانا، چھوڑ دینا | They backed out of the agreement at the eleventh hour. |
| Bad blood | دُشمنی | There’s been bad blood between the two families for years. |
| Bag and baggage | ساز و سامان | The landlord threw them out with bag and baggage. |
| Bear the palm | فاتح ہونا | I heard that you might bear the palm at the science fair! |
| Bear fruit | فائدہ ہونا | I hope your new plan bears fruit. |
| Bear out | توثیق کرنا | Her story bears out exactly what you said. |
| Beat about the bush | اِدھر اُدھر کی باتیں کرنا | Don’t beat around the bush and tell me where my brother is. |
| Bed of roses | پُرسکون | Taking care of these older patients is no bed of roses. |
| Bell the cat | مشکل کام کرنا | Who’s going to bell the cat and tell mom we wrecked her car? |
| Better half | میاں بیوی | His better half doesn’t care much for him. |
| Between the devil and the deep blue sea | دو مشکلات کے درمیان | For most people a visit to the dentist is the result of a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea – if you go you suffer, and if you don’t go you suffer. |
| Between two fires | دو مصیبتوں کے درمیان | The soldiers were left alone between two fires, when the supply didn’t arrive. |
| Black out | روشنیاں بند کرنا | The power went dead and everything blacked out. |
| Blow hot and cold | غیرمعقول مزاج | He has been blowing hot and cold about taking a winter vacation. |
| Bread and butter | روزی | Teaching at the local college is his bread and butter. |
| Break away | بھاگ جانا | The prisoners broke away from the prison this morning. |
| Break down | توڑنا | We broke down the wall with big hammers. |
| Break in | کہیں داخل ہونا | The thieves broke in and took all the money. |
| Break into | اچانک شروع ہونا | As soon as the movie started, the people behind me broke into loud chatting. |
| Break out | اچانک پھیلنا، بھاگنا | A fire broke out in the city, last night. |
| Break the ice | دوستانہ ہونا | It’s hard to break the ice at formal events. |
| Break the news | خبر دینا | The TV channels broke the news of massive corruption by public officials. |
| Break up | توڑنا یا ختم کرنا | The police broke up the gambling ring. |
| Break with | علیحدہ کرنا | On this issue the prime minister was forced to break with his cabinet. |
| Bring about | کوئی کام کرنا، سبب بننا | The new manager decided it was time to bring some changes about. |
| Bring home | واضح کرنا | The professor gave a lecture that brought home some important points. |
| Bring in | کسی کو شامل کرنا | Please bring in a specialist to advise on this case. |
| Bring to light | کوئی چیز عوام پر ظاہر کرنا | The newspaper brought the problem to light. |
| Bring up | کسی کی پرورش کرنا | We brought the cat up from a kitten. |
| Broken reed | ناقابلِ اعتماد مدد | I counted on her to help, but she turned out to be a broken reed. |
| Burn the midnight oil | رات دیر تک کام کرنا | I have a big exam tomorrow so I will be burning the midnight oil tonight. |
| Burning question | اہم مسئلہ | Real estate taxes are always a burning question for everyone. |
| Bury the hatchet | دشمنی ختم کرنا | Mark and I buried the hatchet and we are good friends now. |
| By and by | وقت گزرنے کے ساتھ | The weather is sure to clear up by and by. |
| By and large | مجموعی طور پر | There are a few things that I don’t like about my job, but by and large it’s just fine. |
| By dint of | کسی چیز کی وجہ سے | They got the building finished on time by dint of hard work and good organisation. |
| By fits and starts | بےقاعدگی سے | He failed the exam because he studies by fits and starts. |
| By hook or by crook | جائز ناجائز طریقے سے | I decided that I was going to get that job by hook or by crook. |
| Bank on someone/something | کسی چیز پر انحصار کرنا | ٰThis project banks on the engineers and management. |
| Bear the brunt of | کسی چیز کا بڑا حصہ ملنا | Ordinary citizens will bear the brunt of higher taxes. |
| Before long | جلد | If we keep spending so much, before long we’ll be out of money. |
| Beside oneself (with something) | آپے سے باہر ہونا | Sarah was beside herself with anger. |
| Bitter pill to swallow | تلخ حقیقت | We found his deception a bitter pill to swallow. |
| To blow one’s own horn/trumpet | اپنے منہ میاں مٹھو بننا | He kept on blowing his own trumpet for about an hour. |
| Blue blood | امیر گھرانے کا، اشرافیہ | Because his great-grandparents made millions, he is regarded as one of the city’s blue bloods. |
| Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth | امیر گھرانے سے | His complete lack of concern about money is natural of someone who was born with a silver spoon in their mouth. |
| Bring into question | سوال اُٹھانا | Your presence here has been brought into question. |
| Build castles in the air/in Spain | ہوائی قلعے تعمیر کرنا | I told him he should stop building castles in the air and train for a sensible profession. |
| Burst into tears | اچانک آنسو نکل آنا | She burst into tears when she read the letter. |
| Butter (someone) up | خوش آمد کرنا | If you butter up Dad, he’ll let you borrow the car. |
| By all means | ہر طرح سے | I will attempt to get there by all means |
| By virtue of (something) | کی وجہ سے | They achieved victory by virtue of superior military strength. |
| Burn one’s fingers | اپنا نقصان کرنا | I’m staying away from risky stocks so I don’t burn my fingers. |
| By leaps and bounds | تیزرفتاری سے | Our productivity improved in leaps and bounds. |
| Call for | مطالبہ کرنا | This job calls for someone with experience. |
| Call in | درخواست کرنا | We called in another specialist for an opinion. |
| Call into question | شک کرنا | The report’s findings call into question the safety of all such medicines. |
| Call off | ملتوی کرنا | Because of rain, they called off the baseball game. |
| Call on (someone) | کسی سے ملاقات کرنا | He calls on his mother every day. |
| Capital punishment | سزائے موت | Capital punishment is abolished in many parts of the world. |
| Carry out | کوئی کام کرنا | The students didn’t carry out their assignments. |
| Carry the day | کامیاب ہونا | Our team didn’t play well at first, but we won the day in the end. |
| Carry weight | موثر ہونا | Her opinion carries a lot of weight. |
| Cast down | مایوس کرنا | He is cast down because of the bad news. |
| Cheek by jowl | ساتھ ساتھ | The two families lived cheek by jowl in one house. |
| Close shave | بال بال بچنا | They had a close shave this morning in an accident. |
| Cold blood | بے رحمی سے | The whole family was murdered in cold blood. |
| Come by | کچھ ملنا یا کہیں رکنا | How did you come by that haircut? OR Please come by our home sometime. |
| Come of | کسی چیز کا نتیجہ | Very little came of our efforts to control the outbreak of smallpox. |
| Come of age | بالغ ہونا | Your son’s children have now come of age. |
| Come off | واقع ہونا | When does this festival come off? |
| Come out | اُبھرنا یا نکلنا | When will they come out of that meeting? |
| Come round | جاگنا | He came around after we threw cold water on his face. |
| Come to | ہوش میں آنا | The injured driver came to after some time. |
| Crocodile tears | مگرمچھ کے آنسو | The prime minister’s crocodile tears belie the government’s involvement with the massacre of its citizens. |
| Cry for the moon | لاحاصل کی خواہش | He cried for the moon by saying that he wants a new car. |
| Cut a sorry figure | شرمندہ ہونا | She cut a sorry figure after she failed in exams. |
| Cut down | کم کرنا | The doctor told him to cut down on his drugs. |
| Casting vote | فیصلہ کن ووٹ | The casting vote was against the cruel taxes. |
| Cast pearls before swine | بھینس کے آگے بین بجانا | The protest of civil servants is same as casting pearls before swine. |
| Catch (someone) red-handed | رنگے ہاتھوں پکڑنا | Tom was caught red-handed stealing the car. |
| Cock-and-bull story | من گھڑت کہانی | I asked for an explanation, and all I got was your ridiculous cock-and-bull story! |
| Cold comfort | حقیر تسلی | It was cold comfort to the student that others had failed as he had done. |
| Come down hard on (someone) | سخت سزا دینا | The federation came down hard on the players who weren’t obeying rules. |
| Come to blows | لڑنا | Let’s not come to blows over this silly disagreement. |
| Come to grief | مایوسی کا سامنا | In the end, he came to grief because he did not follow instructions. |
| Come to terms with (someone/something) | سمجھوتا کرنا | We finally came to terms with the bank and bought the house. |
| Crux of the matter | لبِ لباب | The second paragraph of this essay is the crux of the matter. |
| Cry wolf | جھوٹ موٹ کی شکایت کرنا | Don’t cry wolf too often. No one will help you. |
| Cut off | بات میں مداخلت، الگ کرنا | In the middle of her sentence, the teacher cut her off and started explaining. |
| Deal in | کاروبار کرنا | My uncle is a stockbroker. He deals in stocks and bonds. |
| Deliver the goods | وعدہ پورا کرنا | The engineers delivered the goods for the contractor. |
| Die down | کمزور ہونا | The fire died down and went out. |
| Die in harness | کام کرتے ہوئے مرنا | Our soldiers die in harness. |
| Do away with | چھٹکارا حاصل کرنا | The time has come to do away with that old building. |
| Dawn on someone | واضح ہونا | It dawned on me that I was actually going to have the job. |
| Down and out | مالی کمی | After losing his job, he was completely down and out. |
| Down to Earth | حقیقت میں | It’s time the government comes back down to Earth. |
| Down-to-earth | عاجز | She is a very down-to-earth person. |
| Draw a line between | حد قائم کرنا | We should draw a line between the good and the bad. |
| Eat one’s cake and have it too | چٹ بھی میرا پٹ بھی میرا | He is trying to eat his cake and have it too by investing in two companies. |
| Ebb and flow | اُتار چڑھاو | He was fascinated by the ebb and flow of the Church’s influence over the centuries. |
| Egg (someone) on | کسی کو اُکسانا | John wouldn’t have done the dangerous experiment if his brother hadn’t egged him on. |
| Eke out (a living) | اضافہ کرنا | He worked at two jobs in order to eke his income out |
| Eat humble pie | غلطی تسلیم کرنا | The manager ate humble pie for his wrong planning. |
| End in smoke | بےکار جانا | His corruption plans ended in smoke. |
| End up | ختم ہونا | She ended up her speech with a poem. |
| Every inch | مکمل طور پر | He was every inch a leader. |
| Eye opening | حیران کُن | The investigation was eye opening for everyone. |
| Face the music | اپنے اعمال کی سزا بھگتنا | After failing a math test, Tom had to go home and face the music. |
| Fair play | جائز طریقہ سے | The World Cup organisers are keen to promote the idea of fair play. |
| Fair sex | خواتین | Many women would object to being called the fair sex nowadays. |
| Fair-weather friend | مطلبی دوست | A fair-weather friend isn’t much help in an emergency. |
| Fall a prey to | شکار ہونا | The rats fall a prey to the eagle. |
| Fall back on | سہارا لینا | When he lost his job he had to fall back upon his savings. |
| Fall in with | متفق ہونا | The statement falls in exactly with my view. |
| Fall off | نیچے گِرنا | Business falls off during the summer months. |
| Fall out | گِرنا یا اختلاف | Mary fell out of the tree and hurt herself. OR Bill fell out with Sara over the question of buying a new car. |
| Feather in one’s cap | اعزاز | The Medal of Honor is a feather in his cap. |
| Fed up with | تنگ آجانا | I got fed up with the noisy neighbours. |
| Few and far between | بہت کم | Service stations on this highway are few and far between. |
| Find fault with | نکتہ چینی کرنا | She finds fault in every movie. |
| Fly in the ointment | کمزوری | The fly in the ointment is the fact that the UN has not approved the peace plan. |
| For good | ہمیشہ کے لئے | They repaired the car many times before they bought a new one for good. |
| For the sake of | کسی کی خاطر | We have to stop fighting for the sake of national unity. |
| For want of | کمی | He fell ill for want of sleep and rest. |
| French leave | اجازت کے بغیر چھٹی | Is he really ill again, or is he just taking French leave? |
| From hand to mouth | غربت، مشکل سے | After she lost her job she was living from hand to mouth. |
| Face to face | آمنے سامنے | We had a face to face meeting with the CEO. |
| Fall head over heels in love with | محبت میں گرفتار ہونا | Mr. Chips fell head over heels in love with Katherine. |
| Fall short of | ناکافی | Sales for the first half of the year fell short of the target. |
| Far cry from (something) | مختلف | This food is a far cry from what we got in the cafeteria. |
| Feast one’s eyes on (someone/something) | دیکھ کر خوشی ہونا | We feasted our eyes on the delicious food. |
| Feather one’s nest | ناجائز فائدہ اُٹھانا | The corrupt ministers are feathering their nests. |
| Feel sorry for (someone) | رحم آنا | I feel sorry for the poor people. |
| Finger in the pie | ملوث ہونا | The detective said that three people had fingers in the pie. |
| First and foremost | سب سے اہم | First and foremost, I think you should work harder on your mathematics. |
| Fish in troubled waters | مشکل وقت میں ذاتی فائدہ اُٹھانا | The corrupt government fishes in troubled waters. |
| Flesh and blood | رشتہ دار | Ahmed is my flesh and blood. |
| Follow in (someone’s) footsteps/tracks | نقشِ قدم پر چلنا | The boy followed in his father’s footsteps and became an author. |
| Follow one’s heart | اپنی مرضی سے | I couldn’t decide what to do, so I just followed my heart. |
| Follow suit | تقلید کرنا | Fathers should not smoke because sons follow suit. |
| From scratch | آغاز سے | We made the cake from scratch, using no prepared ingredients. |
| Get over | صحت یاب ہونا | It took me some time to get over the flu. |
| Get rid of | نجات حاصل کرنا | It’s time we got rid of these old newspapers. |
| Get through | کچھ پہنچانا یا مکمل کرنا | Customs was a mess, but we got through with all our baggage in only twenty minutes. |
| Get up | جاگنا | Once I get up and have coffee, I’m ready to work. |
| Get wind of | اُڑتی اُڑتی خبر ملنا | The police got wind of the drug deal. |
| Give and take | سمجھوتہ | We reached an agreement after many hours of bargaining and give and take. |
| Give in | ہار مان لینا | The king is foolish if he believes our rebellion will ever give in! |
| Give up | ترک کرنا | The doctor advised me to give up sugar in all forms. |
| Go back on | وعدہ پورا نا کرسکنا | The mayor has gone back on several promises. |
| Go by | پاس سے گزرنا | We went by Alice without even noticing her. |
| Go off | پھٹنا یا شور کرنا | The bomb went off and did a lot of damage. OR The alarm went off at seven o’clock. |
| Go around | ہر ایک کے لئے کافی | There won’t be enough pizza to go around if you take two pieces. |
| Go through | غور سے جائزہ لینا | The professor went through the students’ papers. |
| Go to the dogs | بےکار ہوجانا | It is sad that this once first-class hotel has gone to the dogs. |
| Get along with | اچھے تعلقات | He gets along with new people. |
| Get the better of (someone) | کسی سے جیت جانا | Agassi got the better of Becker in the tennis championship. |
| Get-up-and-go | جزبہ | You need a bit of get-up-and-go if you’re going to work in the military. |
| Gift of the gab | تقریر کی صلاحیت | The guy delivering the speech has a gift of the gab. |
| Give the devil his due | حریف یا کسی کی صلاحیت تسلیم کرنا | John is a bit too nosy, but he keeps his yard clean and is a kind neighbour. I’ll give the devil his due. |
| Go to pieces | ٹوٹنا یا دماغی توازن کھونا | The vase went to pieces when I put it down. OR Fred went to pieces during the trial. |
| Go without saying | بےشک و شبہ | It goes without saying that success is the product of hard work. |
| Good for nothing | بےکار | The old car is good for nothing. |
| Hale and hearty | صحت مند | The calf—hale and hearty—ran around the barnyard. |
| Hard and fast | ناقابلِ تبدیل | At this company, we don’t have any hard and fast rules. |
| Hand in glove with | قریب ہونا | They worked hand in glove at our factory. |
| Heart and soul | مکمل طور پر | Ali studied for the exams with his heart and soul. |
| Here and there | مختلف جگہوں پر | He worked here and there but never for long in one town. |
| Hold water | صحت مند ثابت ہونا | The corrupt businessman’s explanations do not hold water. |
| Hope against hope | نااُمیدی کے وقت میں اُمید | I’m hoping against hope that someone will return my lost wallet. |
| Hue and cry | احتجاج، شور و غل | The company’s decision to send thousands of jobs overseas started a hue and cry. |
| To live from hand to mouth | مشکل سے گزارا | The poor and even the middle class lives from hand to mouth. |
| Hang around | کسی جگہ یا کسی کے ساتھ ہونا | Who is this man that is hanging around the department? OR He is hanging around with his friends. |
| Hard nut to crack | مشکل کام | This assignment is a hard nut to crack. |
| Hard up | کنگال ہونا | I was so hard up, I couldn’t afford to buy food. |
| Harp on (something) | کوئی بات دُہرانا | Stop harping on my mistakes and work on your own. |
| Have clean hands | بےقصور | The police took him in, but let him go after questioning because he had clean hands. |
| Have nothing to do with (someone/something) | کوئی تعلق نہ ہونا | Most of the provisions of the new law have nothing to do with terrorism. |
| Hide/bury one’s head in sand | مصیبت سے سر چُرانا | Brave people do not hide their heads in sand during difficult times. |
| High time | مناسب وقت | It’s high time for the preparation of the test. |
| Hit (someone) below the belt | ناجائز فائدہ اُٹھانا | That merchant hits everyone below the belt. |
| Hobson’s choice | کوئی متبادل نہ ہونا | If you want a yellow car, it’s Hobson’s choice because the dealer has only one. |
| Hold one’s head up | اپنا وقار برقرار رکھنا | Brian could hold his head up because he’d tried extremely hard. |
| House of cards | کمزور | Cramming to get good grades makes your knowledge a house of cards. |
| In hot water | مشکل میں | John got himself into hot water by being late. |
| In a fix | مشکل میں | John is in a fix because he lost his wallet. |
| In a nutshell | مختصر | The answer, in a nutshell, is no. |
| In black and white | تحریری شکل میں | Your offer sounds good, but I want you to put it in black and white. |
| In full swing | پورے جوش میں | In the summer months, things really get into full swing around here. |
| In short | مختصرً | In short, we have to decide whether to continue losing money or change the way we do business. |
| In the air | ہر جگہ | There is such a feeling of joy in the air. |
| In the same boat | ایک ہی حالت میں | Suddenly Paul was in the same boat as any other worker who had lost a job. |
| In the teeth of | مشکلات کے باوجود | The road was built in the teeth of fierce opposition from environmentalists. |
| Ill at ease | پریشان | I feel ill at ease about the interview. |
| In cold blood | سفاکی سے | He killed his on family in cold blood. |
| In keeping with | کسی چیز کے مطابق | The new windows are in keeping with the colonial style of the house. |
| In the nick of time | عین وقت پر | The doctor arrived in the nick of time. |
| In the pink | اچھی حالت میں | After his surgery, he has been in the pink. |
| Ins and outs of | صحیح یا مکمل طریقہ | Mark knows the ins and outs of repairing computers. |
| Jack of all trades | ہرفن مولا | John can do plumbing, carpentry, and roofing—a jack of all trades. |
| Jail bird | بار بار جیل جانے والا | Mike had spent most of his life as a jail bird. |
| Keep abreast of | جدید معلومات ہونا | This new service helps doctors keep abreast of the newest drugs available. |
| Keep from | دور رہنا | I could hardly keep myself from the dessert table. |
| Keep pace with | ساتھ ساتھ چلنا | The salaries are not keeping pace with inflation. |
| Kick the bucket | فوت ہوجانا | The old man kicked the bucket last night. |
| Kith and kin | رشتہ دار | I was delighted to find all my kith and kin waiting for me at the airport. |
| Keep body and soul together | کم دولت ہوتے ہوئے زندہ رہنا | I don’t earn enough money to keep body and soul together. |
| Keep one’s word | وعدہ پورا کرنا | You can count on Richard; he’ll keep his word. |
| Keep the wolf from the door | گُزارا کرنا | I don’t make a lot of money, just enough to keep the wolf from the door. |
| Keep up appearances | خراب حالات کو ٹھیک ظاہر کرنا | Things may be unpleasant, but we will keep up appearances. |
| Keep up with | ساتھ ساتھ چلنا | You’re running so fast that I cannot keep up with you. |
| Kill time | وقت گُزارنا | I killed time reading a novel. |
| Knit one’s brows | ناگواری کا اظہار کرنا | The librarian knitted his brows when the students made noise. |
| Lame excuse | جھوٹا بہانا | The boss doesn’t like employees who make lame excuses. |
| Laughing stock | جس پر لوگ ہنسیں | If I mess up this speech, I’ll be the laughing stock of the school! |
| Lay by | کوئی چیز بچانا | Wise men lay by some money for hard times. |
| Lead (someone) by the nose | کسی کی رہنمائی کرنا | He will never find his way in New York unless you lead him by the nose. |
| Let in | داخلے کی اجازت دینا | I opened a window to let in some fresh air. |
| Let the cat out of the bag | غلطی سے راز ظاہر کرنا | When Bill glanced at the door, he let the cat out of the bag because we knew then that he was expecting someone to arrive. |
| Lion’s share | کسی چیز کا بڑا حصہ | As usual, my brother took the lion’s share of the cake. |
| Long and short | مختصر | The long and short of this report is that the company is in loss. |
| Look after | خیال رکھنا | He looks after his younger brother. |
| Look down upon | حقارت سے دیکھنا | We should not look down upon anyone. |
| Look for | تلاش کرنا | He was looking for his brother. |
| Look forward to | منتظر ہونا | I’m really looking forward to your visit next week. |
| Look into | چھان بین کرنا | A federal grand jury is looking into the new law. |
| Look sharp | ہوشیار رہنا | The team must look sharp if they want to win. |
| Last straw | غصہ دلانے والی بات | He has been late before, but this is the last straw. |
| Lead a dog’s life | ذلت آمیز زندگی گزارنا | Nowadays the middle class is leading a dog’s life because of inflation. |
| Let bygones be bygones | معاف کرنا | We should let bygones be bygones and move on to more important things. |
| Let someone down | توقعات پر نہ اُترنا | The team didn’t want to let down the coach. |
| Lose heart | حوصلہ ہارنا | When the other troops failed to arrive, the men lost heart and surrendered. |
| Lose one’s temper | کسی پر غصہ ہونا | I hate to lose my temper at someone. |
| Loud mouth | منہ پھٹ | If I knew you were a loud mouth, I’d have never shared my secret with you! |
| Maiden speech | پہلی تقریر | He cut a fine figure in his maiden speech. |
| Make both ends meet | گزارا کرنا | I have to work at two jobs to make ends meet. |
| Make good | کامیاب ہونا | Bob worked hard to make good at selling. |
| Make up | تلافی کرنا | Can I make up the test that I missed? |
| Move heaven and Earth | ہر ممکن کوشش کرنا | I moved heaven and Earth to get you that job. |
| Maiden voyage | پہلا سمندری سفر | The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. |
| Make a clean breast of (something) | اعترافِ جرم کرنا | He made a clean breast of his corruption. |
| Make a face (at someone) | منہ چڑھانا | The little girl made a face at her brother. |
| Make amends for (something) | تلافی کرنا | I worked hard to make amends for my losses. |
| Make away with | کوئی چیز لے بھاگنا | The cat made away with the piece of meat. |
| Make up (one’s) mind | فیصلہ کرنا | She has made up her mind to join the army. |
| Mend one’s way | عادات سنوارنا | Threatened with suspension, Jerry promised to mend his ways. |
| Mind one’s own business | اپنے کام سے کام رکھنا | If he would only mind his own business, there would be fewer quarrels. |
| Miss the boat/bus | موقع گنوا دینا | They are missing the boat on improving relations with Russia. |
| Muster up courage | حوصلہ جمع کرنا | Do you think you can muster enough courage up to do the job? |
| Nip in the bud | جڑ سے خاتمہ کرنا | If this problem isn’t nipped in the bud, it will soon get totally out of hand. |
| Now and then | کبھی کبھار | I read a novel every now and again. |
| Null and void | کالعدم | The court declared the law to be null and void. |
| Nail in (someone’s) coffin | تباہی کی وجہ | Losing their biggest customer was the final nail in the company’s coffin. |
| Off and on | بےقاعدگی سے | I’ve been exercising off and on for a while now. |
| Offhand | بغیر سوچے | Offhand, I can’t think of a better solution than this. |
| Off hands | ذمہ داری نہ ہونا | We finally got that project off out hands. |
| On the eve of | کسی موقع پر | The team held a party on the eve of the tournament. |
| On the whole | مجموعی طور پر | On the whole, this idea is very good. |
| Once in a blue moon | کبھی کبھار | My sister lives in Spain, so I only get to see her once in a blue moon. |
| Out-and-out | مکمل | That singer is an out-and-out genius when it comes to writing music! |
| (Over) head and ears | مکمل طور پر | He is head and ears in debt. |
| Of one’s own accord/free will | اپنی مرضی سے | I cleaned up my room of my own accord. |
| On the horns of a dilemma | دو چیزوں میں سے فیصلہ نہ کر پانا | Nonprofit groups are often caught on the horns of a dilemma – they have to satisfy their donors and attract new donors. |
| On the verge of | کچھ کرنے یا ہونے کے نزدیک | I was on the verge of calling the doctor when he suddenly got better. |
| Once and for all | ہمیشہ کے لئے | I’m going to get this place organised once and for all! |
| An open secret | کُھلا راز | It’s an open secret that Max is looking for a new job. |
| Part and parcel | لازمی حصہ | Being recognized on the street is part and parcel of being a celebrity. |
| Pass away | فوت ہوجانا | My aunt passed away last month. |
| Pay lip service | خوشآمدی | He just pays lip service instead of working. |
| Play truant | بغیر اجازت غیرحاضری | I was so bored at work that I decided to play truant after lunch. |
| Play with fire | خطرہ مول لینا | We’re playing with fire if we continue with genetic modification of our food. |
| Pros and cons | خوبیاں و خامیاں | We’ve been discussing the pros and cons of buying a house. |
| Put by | بچا کر رکھنا | I put some money by for a rainy day. |
| Put down | لکھنا | A poet puts down his feelings on paper. |
| Put off | ٹالنا | I had to put off the plumber again, because we don’t have money to pay him. |
| Put on | پہننا | I put a heavy coat on to go outside in the cold. |
| Put out | بُجھانا | He used water to put out fire. |
| Put the cart before the horse | اُلٹا کام کرنا | John has the cart before the horse in most of his projects. |
| Put up with | برداشت کرنا | I cannot put up with your constant whining any longer! |
| Play one’s trump card | بہترین حکمتِ عملی | He won the game by playing his trump card. |
| Play second fiddle to (someone) | کسی سے کم درجہ پر ہونا | I’m more qualified than John but I still have to play second fiddle to him. |
| Poke one’s nose into something | مداخلت کرنا | I told her to stop poking her nose into our business. |
| Pull (someone’s) legs | بیوقوف بنانا | The students used to pull Mr. Chips’ legs. |
| Rank and file | عام لوگ | The rank and file usually do exactly as they are told. |
| Red tape | قوانین جن سے تاخیر ہو | My passport application has been held up by red tape. |
| Rest on one’s laurels | پِچھلی کامیابیوں پر مطمئن ہونا | Even though you did well on all your exams, you can’t simply rest on your laurels. |
| Read cover to cover | شروع سے آخر تک پڑھنا | He reads the newspaper cover to cover. |
| Read a lecture | سبق سکھانا | Dad read us a lecture after the teacher phoned and complained about us. |
| Run down | کم ہونا یا نیچے آنا | I will run down and talk to you. OR The water reservoirs are running down. |
| Run over | زیادتی ہونا | She poured the coffee until the cup ran over. |
| Run short of | کمی ہونا | We are running short of eggs. |
| Read between the lines | مخفی مطلب سمجھنا | If you read between the lines, you can begin to see what it really means. |
| Scot-free | سزا سے بچ جانا | After the trial, the criminals went scot-free. |
| See off | الوداع کہنا | He went to the airport to see us off. |
| See through | بھانپ لینا | We saw through the fraud of this company. |
| Send for | بُلانا | If you don’t go I shall send for the police. |
| Set aside | رد کرنا | The court has set aside the new petrol prices. |
| Set by | بچا کر رکھنا | He had some petrol set by for an emergency situation. |
| Set in | شروع ہونا | In winter, darkness sets in so early! |
| Set in motion | چلانا | The wind will set the ship in motion. |
| Set off | سفر کرنا | We set off for Tokyo three hours late. |
| Set out | سفر کرنا | We set out on our trip exactly as planned. |
| Set up | کچھ قائم کرنا | It took nearly an hour to set up the tent. |
| Smell a rat | گڑبڑ محسوس کرنا | I smelled a rat as he made that offer. It sounded too good to be true. |
| Snake in the grass | چھپا ہوا دُشمن | How could I ever have trusted that snake in the grass? |
| Spick-and-span | صاف ستھرا | The soldiers were in spick-and-span uniforms. |
| Stand by | استعمال کے لئے تیار | Ten thousand soldiers are on stand by for in case of a natural disaster. |
| Storm in a teacup | بات کا بتنگڑ بنانا | There’s no danger of a war ‐ it’s all a storm in a teacup. |
| Sum and substance | مرکزی خیال، خلاصہ | Can you quickly tell me the sum and substance of your proposal? |
| Say (something) to (someone’s) face | کسی سے کھری کھری کہ دینا | I thought she felt that way, but I never thought she’d say it to my face. |
| See eye to eye (with someone) | متفق ہونا | My father and I see eye to eye on most things. |
| Snail’s pace | سست رفتار | They’re making the new vaccine, but at a snail’s pace. |
| Split hairs | غیرضروری امتیازات | Don’t waste time splitting hairs and accept it the way it is. |
| Spread like wildfire | تیزی سے پھیلنا | Rumours spread like wildfire when people are excited. |
| Square meal | متناسب کھانا | The lunch program at school provides square meals for children. |
| Square peg in a round hole | ایک ساتھ نہ جڑنا | Trying to teach me math is like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. |
| Stand one’s ground | اپنی جگہ برقرار رکھنا | Afghanistan stood its ground even after facing many invasions. |
| To hit/strike while the iron is hot | موقع کا فائدہ اُٹھانا | We should strike while the iron is hot, and buy a house as soon as possible. |
| Take after | مشابہت ہونا | She takes after her grandfather in her talent for design. |
| Take down | لکھنا، ہرانا | Today in tennis, Martinez took down Kournikova to win the championship. OR Please take these figures down in your notebook. |
| Take into account | شامل کرنا، ذہن میں رکھنا | Salespeople have to take into account the differences between their customers. |
| Take to | باقاعدگی سے کرنا | After he retired, he took to working in the local schools. |
| Talk shop | کام کے بارے میں بات کرنا | John and his brother talk shop on the weekends. |
| Tell upon | اثر انداز ہونا | Overworking was now beginning to tell upon the health of Steve. |
| Through thick and thin | اچھے برے حالات سے | Dogs are loyal to you through thick and thin. |
| To abide by | پابندی کرنا | He became a doctor to abide by his father’s wishes. |
| To back out | پیچھے ہٹ جانا | They backed out of the deal when we refused to accept their new terms. |
| To be hard up | تنگ دست ہونا | She is hard up after losing her job. |
| To be taken aback | حیران رہ جانا | When she told me the news, I was taken aback for a moment. |
| To beat about the bush | اِدھر اُدھر کی باتیں کرنا | Don’t beat around the bush and just tell me where he did he go. |
| To be at one’s beck and call | کام کے لئے تیار | She had a dozen servants at her beck and call. |
| To bring to book | سزا دینا | The criminals must be brought to book. |
| To burn one’s finger | اپنے آپ کو نقصان | He burned his fingers in the stock market. |
| To call a spade a spade | کھری کھری بات کرنا | More time will be wasted if we don’t call a spade a spade. |
| To call names | نام رکھنا | John was punished for calling his teacher names. |
| To come to light | منظرِ عام پر آنا | Twenty four officers have faced charges since the scandal came to light last month. |
| To catch red-handed | رنگے ہاتھوں پکڑنا | Tom was stealing the car when the police caught him red-handed. |
| To cast a spell | جادو کرنا | This beautiful story casts a spell on its readers. |
| To come to blows | لڑائی پر اُتر آنا | Let’s not come to blows over this silly disagreement. |
| To cut at | کاٹنا | Dad cut away at the chicken and asked us what part we wanted. |
| To cut to the quick | ذہنی صدمہ دینا | Your insulting comments cut me to the quick. |
| To eat one’s word | اپنے الفاظ واپس لینا | Ali was wrong and had to take eat his words. |
| To fall flat | ناکام ہونا، بےاثر | The advertising campaign which had worked so well in the US fell flat in UK. |
| To fight with one’s back to the wall | مشکل میں ہونا | In the last minutes of the game, our team had to fight with their back to the wall. |
| To flog a dead horse | وقت ضائع کرنے والا کام | You’re flogging a dead horse trying to persuade him to come to Spain. |
| To get in | داخل ہونا یا کرنا | Somehow, we managed to get our son into a fine private school. |
| To get into hot water | مشکل میں پڑنا | He got into hot water with his school by not paying his tuition. |
| To gird up one’s loins | تیاری کرنا | I’m girding up my loins for that interview. |
| To give vent to | جزبات کا اظہار | He didn’t dare give vent to his annoyance in front of her parents. |
| To go off | پھٹنا یا آواز کرنا | The bomb went off and did a lot of damage. OR The alarm went off at seven o’clock. |
| To grease the palm | رشوت دینا | The government should not grease the palms of public officials. |
| To leave in the lurch | کسی کو منتظر چھوڑ دینا | Where were you, John? You really left me in the lurch. |
| To leave no stone unturned | ہر ممکن کوشش کرنا | He left no stone unturned to provide justice. |
| To lick the dust | جنگ میں ہارنا | Our enemies shall lick the dust. |
| To take a fancy to | پسند کرنا | She’s got enough money to buy whatever she takes a fancy to. |
| To make fun of | مزاق اُڑانا | We should not make fun of others. |
| To make headway | آگے بڑھنا | We hope scientists are able to make headway against cancer. |
| To make off with | چُرانا | The robbers broke into the bank and made off with $50 million. |
| To pay through nose | بھاری قیمت ادا کرنا | He had to pay through the nose for car parking. |
| To pass on | منظور کرنا یا مرنا | The committee passed on the proposal. OR Mr. Chips passed on at the age of 85. |
| To round up | اکٹھا کرنا | The police rounded up the two suspects for questioning. |
| To sit on the fence | حمایت نہ کرنا | When Mary and Mike argue, it is best to sit on the fence and not make either of them angry. |
| To stand on ceremony | رسمی انداز میں | Please sit down and make yourself comfortable, we don’t stand on ceremony here. |
| Turn a deaf ear | نظرانداز کرنا | In the past they’ve to turned a deaf ear to such requests. |
| To turn down | مسترد کرنا | The board turned our request down. |
| To work out | موئثر، ورزش | Our plan will work out in the end. OR I go to the gym to work out at least twice a week. |
| Turn turtle | اُلٹ جانا | Our sailboat turned turtle during the storm. |
| Turn up | زیادہ کرنا یا پہنچنا | Please turn up the radio! OR Guess who turned up at my door last night? |
| To take (something) to heart | سنجیدگی سے لینا | Everything he said is true, and I hope people will take it to heart. |
| To take heart | پُراعتماد ہونا | I told her to take heart and try again next time. |
| To take (someone) by surprise | کسی کو حیران کرنا | His resignation took us all completely by surprise. |
| To take for granted | اہمیت دیئے بغیر استعمال کرنا | So many of us take clean water for granted. |
| To take to task | سرزنش کرنا | I lost a big contract, and the boss took me to task in front of everyone. |
| To take the bull by the horns | مشکل کا جم کر مقابلہ کرنا | The military took the bull by the horns and eliminated the terrorists. |
| To take to one’s heels | بھاگ جانا | Our enemies took to their heels when we revealed our nuclear power. |
| Then and there | اُسی وقت اور موقع پر | I decided to settle the matter then and there and not wait until Monday. |
| True to one’s word | وعدہ پورا کرنا | True to his word, John showed up at exactly eight o’clock. |
| Turn one’s back on (someone/something) | مسترد کرنا | He does not turns his back on anyone’s request for help. |
| Turn over a new leaf | دوبارہ آغاز کرنا | I have made a mess of my life. I’ll turn over a new leaf and hope to do better. |
| Turn the tables on (someone) | صورتِ حال بدلنا | After six defeats, we finally turned the tables on our old rivals. |
| Under a cloud | مشکوک | Someone stole some money at work, and now everyone is under a cloud of suspicion. |
| Ups and downs | اچھی اور بری چیزیں | Ups and downs are to be expected in life. |
| Up to the mark | معیار کے مطابق | When your work is up to the mark we can review your salary again. |
| Wear and tear | استعمال سے بےکار ہوجانا | Driving in freezing weather means lots of wear and tear on your car. |
| White lie | بےضرر جھوٹ | She asked if I liked her dress, and of course I told a white lie. |
| With a heavy heart | اُداسی سے | With a heavy heart, she said good-bye. |
| With all one’s heart and soul | مخلصانہ انداز میں | He does his job with all his heart and soul. |
| With flying colours | آسانی سے | She took a driving test and passed with flying colours. |
| With a grain of salt | شک سے | I take his stories with a grain of salt because he tends to exaggerate. |
| With a view to | کسی مقصد سے | This building was designed with a view to resist earthquakes. |
| With an iron hand | قوت سے | My uncle rules the family business with an iron hand. |
| With open arms | خوشی سے | They received their new daughter-in-law with open arms. |
| Without fail | مسلسل | Sarah sends me a card on my birthday without fail. |
| Wolf in sheep’s clothing | دوست کر روپ میں دشمن | He appears to be nice but is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. |
| Work wonders | بہت مددگار | This new medicine works wonders with my headaches. |
| Wait for a raindrop in the drought | ناممکن کی امید کرنا | For many people finding a job these days is like waiting for a raindrop in the drought. |
| Weal and woe | اچھے اور برے وقت | We all get our share of weal and woe in life. |
| Walking on broken glass | سزا ہونا | Mom had me walking on broken glass for breaking the window. |
| X factor | کسی کی خاصیت | A lot of similar products are on the market right now—ours has to have an X factor! |
| X marks the spot | عین اِسی جگہ | This is where the rock struck my car—X marks the spot. |
| Yeoman’s service | ٹھیک خدمت | This wooden ladder has done me yeoman’s service over the years. |
| Yes-man | ہاں میں ہاں ملانے والا | You can’t trust what Chad says, he’s just the boss’s yes-man. |
| Young Turk | جوان باغی | The young Turks are acting up again against the status quo. |
| Zero hour | وقتِ آغاز | I have so much studying left to do before the exam, and zero hour is 8 AM! |
| Zero tolerance | مکمل عدم برداشت | There should be zero tolerance against corruption. |
| Zip your lip | خاموش ہونا | The teacher ordered the students to zip their lips. |
| Zeal and zest | جوش و جزبہ | The team celebrated with zeal and zest after their victory. |
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